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BECKY MAUPIN: The After Bedtime Search

Picture this: You manage to get everyone fed and the dinner aftermath cleaned up. Then starts the bedtime rodeo that includes 4 meltdowns, 3 sips of water, 2 more...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Israel’s Second Sum Of All Fears

I first heard about a dirty bomb in early September 1993 when an IBM coworker,...

BOB BROWN: What Happened to Happiness?

We can quibble about the origin, even the definition or meaning of “happiness,” but I’m...

FRED FIRST: Homeward Bound

It would happen: the trip back to Floyd. And then it wouldn’t. And then it...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) Needs To Be Censured

Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA), who appears to be a self-important crackpot, tried hysterically (without officially...

Are We Religious or Spiritual?

by Frances Stebbins Recent polls on the worship habits of Americans show that fewer are committing to membership in a formal faith group such...

Diary Entry #2: Raising Young Boys Always an Adventure

by Lucky Garvin I gave son Cailan some money some months ago.  I shouldn'ta done it; puts him under too much pressure.  We were in...

When Things Turn South, Turn to Family

by Jon Kaufman Unemployment brings out different things in different people.  I was always told that one’s true character emerges only when disaster awaits, a...

Daddy, Is That You?

by Lucky Garvin "DADDY" "Daddy? What are we doing here?" "Uhhhh ...," the man cleared his throat, somewhat startled, wondering how to answer. "We... are here......

Honoring the Small Connections

by Stephanie Koehler As I awoke in my Blue Ridge Mountain home this morning after a long night or torrential rains and violent storms,...

Tragedies and Victories by Joe Lehman

Meteorologists and reporters have called the outbreak of tornadoes last week one of the deadliest in US history.  Scenes and reports of the...