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BOB BROWN: “Teach Us to Number Our Days”

I was healthy and fit, a proponent of physical exercise, weighed myself daily with pleasing results, known for immodesty about how formerly and regularly I ran the Virginia 10...

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,...

FRED FIRST: Lonesome Highway: Helplessly Hoping

When we had two consecutive years of testing to compare in June of 2022, Ann...

RANDY HUFF: Know When to Hold Your Peace

“Why don't you say your piece?” I asked my friend. “It need not be public....

Kids Should Never Waste A Snowfall!

Did you enjoy the snow?  Are you ready for it to be gone yet?  For most folks, both answers seem to be a “yes.” ...

The Recipe of the Week from The Happy Chef: Asian Turkey Lettuce Wraps

I was just looking through my recipe notebooks and I found this recipe that my friend Emily (the other happy chef) made a...

The Preacher’s Corner: The Best Is Yet to Come…? by Tupper Garden

The wine steward said, “Everyone serves the good wine first, and then the inferior wine after the guests have become drunk. But you...

Of Golfers and Our Global Crisis: Pascal’s Wager Re-visited

Just before the December holiday break, I asked the students in my environmental studies course how many had kept up with the news from...

What Would You Change In The New Year?

"I would like to change my bedtime on New Year's Eve," says Tyler, 11. "I usually go to bed at 10 p.m., but...

New Wardrobe, New Calendar – Old Dog, New Tricks

When April comes, I get another candle on my cake, a marker of the passage of time. But more than birthdays, it’s that new...