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BECKY MAUPIN: The After Bedtime Search

Picture this: You manage to get everyone fed and the dinner aftermath cleaned up. Then starts the bedtime rodeo that includes 4 meltdowns, 3 sips of water, 2 more...

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...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) Needs To Be Censured

Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA), who appears to be a self-important crackpot, tried hysterically (without officially...

A Year End Review is Good for the Soul

In less than a month’s time, we will be in a new year - just when I finally perfected writing 2010 on my...

Daytime TV Programming Should Heal the Sickest Among Us

It's no fun being sick.  Last week I was re-visited by a frequent, yet unwanted guest; a rather large and stubborn kidney stone...

Local Doctors Overcome Adversity and Inspire

One of the services offered by WVTF, our National Public Radio affiliate, is little known:  Reading for the visually handicapped.  On a special...

A Little Latin Goes A Long Way

This essay is just a draft.  If it were final, it wouldn't contain the well-known phrase, lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci...

Turkey Wild Rice Soup

Leftovers, leftovers, what to do with all the leftovers! Well my favorite leftover cuisine is to mix turkey, mashed potatoes and stuffing into...

Taking in The Last Garden of 2010

I put away the garden of the summer of 2010 this morning. It was a fair year—more productive than some disastrous gardens we’ve had,...