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FRED FIRST: Early February

It has been a while since I offered (or inflicted upon you) a short list of topics with links as a way of sharing bits of my world with...

BOB BROWN: The Significance of Meaning

Years ago, I took a book to read during our family’s traditional vacation at the...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Is Not Qualified To Lead The Department of Health and Human Services

There is no question that the U.S. has a serious public health crisis compared to...

RANDY HUFF: Of Laws and Life and Getting Along

“No one is above the law.”We hear it often and we believe it. And yet...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Is Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker a Neo-Confederate Democrat?

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker arrogantly appears to be a modern day neo-Confederate Democrat. He truly...

Wounded Warriors Last Battle

With Veterans Day this month, my thoughts turn to a presentation made recently at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Salem. A nurse...

Talking Turkey – Very Long Distance

One November day long ago, our older son Harry, called home from UVA with an unusual request—“Mom, can you tell me how to...

“What Opportunity Would You Have Me Seize?”

At a recent football game, one team was yards away from scoring when the other team intercepted the ball and ended up winning...

Candied Walnuts

I was at the grocery store and I saw that all the holiday nuts were out and the apple cider. It made me...

Short Tales From the ER . . .

W hen he began to practice medicine, the only office Dr. Williams could afford was a small room over a saloon. A wooden sign ...

The Last Straw!

by H. Bruce Rinker, Ph.D.Recently, I’ve wondered about our seeming national obsession with hand-sanitizers, plastic drinking straws, and other products of a pampered,...