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FRED FIRST: Go West At Last, Old Man

Decades of frugality have come abruptly to an end. I have made the choice to spend on myself some of what remains of that squandered but shrinking nest egg....

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Bring Back The War Department

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

FRED FIRST: Changing of the Guard

The theme for the Lenoir Words Writers Group this month is AUTUMN. And since I...

BOB BROWN: The Truth About Lying

Everyone lies! That’s the truth. Most people are relatively honest most of the time. The average...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Hurricane Erin Is Our Future – Part II

Unfortunately, the U.S. is not the only country experiencing climate change. It is a global...

Hope Springs Eternal – Even for Us Black Sheep

by Jon Kaufman Every family, despite of station, seems to have an underachiever in their midst, that one person who fails to rise to...

From the Older Brother’s Room by Ed Dunnington

Several weeks ago, around a dinner table with friends, the question was asked, “What are you most afraid of?”  The common things came...

Mountain Lions: Mystery, Myth and Matters of Fact

by Fred First Inside the rustic cabin a few easy miles from the heart of Camp Winnataska, a dozen ten year old campers scrambled...

The Dear Friend

by Lucky Garvin From years ago . . . Most physicians become acquainted with death in late medical school; the clinical years. For ER physicians,...

“Morphosis” by Barkley Thompson

In 1991, a new word entered our common lexicon.  The term was the product of two events in pop culture that occurred almost simultaneously:...

“Car Talk” and “Science-Speak”: The Importance of Standards for a Country Losing Ground in Scientific Leadership

by H. Bruce Rinker, Ph.D. During a recent edition of “Car Talk” on National Public Radio, I learned an amazing little fact about America’s...