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BOB BROWN: “Portraits of the Human Person”

On the night of June 21, 2025, President Donald Trump said all seven B2 Bombers had safely returned from an unprecedented successful attack on Iran’s fortresses of nuclear weapon...

BECKY MAUPIN: The After Bedtime Search

Picture this: You manage to get everyone fed and the dinner aftermath cleaned up. Then...

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...

Yes, Virginia, You Can Believe in God and Evolution!

by H. Bruce Rinker, Ph.D. In some religious circles or in another era, I might be vilified as someone to be burned at the...

A Perspective on Priorities

by Stephanie Koehler There is nothing quite like a “near miss” to set your priorities straight.  You know the feeling… the rush of adrenalin...

Playing Ahead of The Game

by Lucky Garvin I am privileged to work with a group of highly motivated and very bright medical practitioners. But as capable as they all...

Disaster-Mapping: Let’s Start Pulling the Pins Now

by Fred First The car won't start and the milk you poured on your cereal this morning went south. The kids have the flu...

The Happy Chef – Mid-Winter Lobster Bisque

by Leigh Sackett Winter is certainly upon us and has been for awhile. We may not be seeing as much white stuff as New...

“You Can’t Go Home Again . . .” Or Can You?

by Lucky Garvin I paid a visit five days ago. From ages ten through seventeen, my home was in Stephentown, a little hamlet founded...