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FRED FIRST: Peregrinations of a *BoZo

I have a few bits of biological blarney to pass along before I focus later today on packing for Ghost Ranch. I woke up earlier than my intention this...

ANDY PITZER: No Offseason

“It’s the time of the season.” This pertains to and will make the most sense for...

BOB BROWN: “I Remember World War II”

On December 7, 1941, my sister, Edith, eight years my senior, and I were in...

FRED FIRST: Go West At Last, Old Man

Decades of frugality have come abruptly to an end. I have made the choice to...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Bring Back The War Department

President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave a prescient and heartfelt speech in Chautauqua, New York, on...

RANDY HUFF: UGH! And Then Some . . .

I am done with outrage. I think. I indulged my share and more in youth, railing about this or that, taking up various nouveau causes...

SERWAN ZANGANA: Teaching American Patriotism Must Be Part of Educational Curriculum

     The misperception among some Americans, and indeed, the younger generation regarding nationalism can cause a delusion, and hence, become chaos. In fact,...

RANDY HUFF: Tinker Creek – What to Make of All This Life?

I've been writing this year about Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, the 1975 Pulitzer Prize Winner about life on a Creek in Roanoke. It's a tall...

BOB BROWN: “A Rose, By Any Other Name . . .”

Richard, a middle-aged unmarried scientist, devout, quiet if not shy, spoke on the phone to his girlfriend.  He called her every night. She said...

FRED FIRST: Mosey Goes Home And More . . .

Curating end-of-summer threads from the InterWebs Sorry to sucker you in, those few who read about and were concerned along with us, that Mosey the...

SERWAN ZANGANA: Can The Commonwealth Afford Medicaid for All VA Children?

Virginia’s revenue exceeded its forecast revenue by $1.2 billion for FY2024. This shows that Virginia is on the right track in managing the State....