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BOB BROWN: What Happened to Happiness?

We can quibble about the origin, even the definition or meaning of “happiness,” but I’m not going there. I am simply wondering why we have lost the knack of...

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...

LUCKY GARVIN: Tommy

I watched a little boy say, `Goodbye' the other day. The `little boy', Tommy, is...

BOB BROWN: A Rose

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) wrote many memorable lines including, “A rose by any other name would...

SERWAN ZANGANA: Death Is Another Stage of Human Life

In My Father's Memory: Although he was on a hospice bed, I was in constant denial of the fact that he was stepping closer to...

FRED FIRST: Music, Memories and Meaning

How old were you when music came into your life? I told you recently about the essential place in my life that music holds. For the first...

RANDY HUFF: As Pilgrims We Must Listen, To Learn, To Live

It is past time to write of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek again., and I can't do it justice. There's a force of nature going...

BOB BROWN: Sleep Debt Will Break The Bank

Robert Louis Stevenson, in his 1879, 'Travels with a Donkey,' reminded us that, “Night is a dead monotonous period under a roof, but in...

DEVOTIONAL: July 4th and God

Righteousness exalts a nation, But sin is a disgrace to any people. Proverbs 14:34 (NASB) On July 4, 2024, Americans will celebrate our nation's 248th birthday,...

BOB BROWN: The Temple of Music

My mother always wanted me to learn to play the guitar. It stands out in my mind from time to time as an early,...