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ROBERT L. MARONIC: Semi-Singular Praise Of Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA)

There are many aspects of California, which I strongly dislike: exorbitant state and local taxes, perennial devastating wildfires, the Democratic monopolist majority in Sacramento, drought, a proposed gasoline-powered car...

FRED FIRST: Nature Notes: Early May

Finally I am getting out a bit onto the trails before spring is fully gone...

BOB BROWN: “Teach Us to Number Our Days”

I was healthy and fit, a proponent of physical exercise, weighed myself daily with pleasing...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Sanction Russia’s Shadow Fleet NOW

During the 2024 presidential campaign and going back to March 2023, President Trump repeatedly and...

DAWN CUSTALOW: A Mother’s Day to Remember

Mother’s Day - remembering and celebrating our mothers, not because they are or were perfect,...

A Perspective on Bridges

For some reason bridges keep finding their way into my life lately – both the physical and metaphorical kind.  It has happened with...

Only Three More Weeks!

That’s how long before we can end The Blame Game of Politics.  Before dark has settled on the evening of November 2, the...

Livin’ On Church Hill

It’s a warm fall day –Indian Summer- and the breeze follows me as I swing open the creaky door and ascend the staircase....

Used Cars and Teachable Moments

A few months ago I purchased a used car.  It wasn’t a particularly life changing event and yet it brought back a lesson I learned...

Cheeseburger Soup

Halloween is pure excitement - an adrenaline rush, and then on top of that a sugar rush! So on Halloween night a good...

An Unfortunate, Untimely Failure of Orthodoxy

How has Orthodoxy impacted our environment?  In other words, can Orthodoxy be credited with any positive or negative developments in our historic relationship...