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BOB BROWN: “I Remember World War II”

On December 7, 1941, my sister, Edith, eight years my senior, and I were in Gray’s Drug Store, Hampton Boulevard, Norfolk, Virginia, a few miles from the U.S. Naval...

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...

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...

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...