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BOB BROWN: The Recent Sale of the Brooklyn Bridge, Part One

The 2025 election results in New York, New Jersey, Virginia, and Seattle are troubling to me, a student of the human mind. The election of “democratic socialists,” and the...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Trump’s “Great Gatsby Party” At His Mar-a-Lago Club on October 31 Was In Poor Taste

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, is our country’s largest anti-hunger program for men,...

FRED FIRST: Winter is Coming: Make Ready!

Though a few poetic souls and tree-hugging types like me will make soft cooing noises...

BOB BROWN: “I don’t see how I can go on like this”

The round, sad Asian American face of the 26-year-old single Soldier sitting uncomfortably in front...

SCOT BELLAVIA: God in the Library

Talking to strangers about God is a muscle I don’t work very often. But I...

Living with Terror in the Modern World

by Hayden Hollingsworth Is that something we have to do . . . live with terror?  Unfortunately, the answer is yes.  In the past...

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,...