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BECKY MAUPIN: Overwhelmed Doesn’t Mean Ungrateful

If you’re on social media for any amount of time, you pretty quickly see that there is mixed content. Some of it is positive and gives you really good...

BOB BROWN: When the Underdog Bites Has Rabies, and a Mean Owner

We have a strong human urge to identify with the “underdog.” There is nothing new...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Is Phase Two Of Trump‘s Peace Plan In The Gaza Strip Doomed To Fail? – Part II

Unfortunately, Trump’s present ceasefire as of October 9 is analogous to the armistice signed between...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Is Phase Two Of Trump‘s Peace Plan In The Gaza Strip Doomed To Fail? – Part I

Phase one of Trump‘s twenty-point peace plan in the Gaza Strip, which began on October...

FRED FIRST: Approaching the Longest Night

Yes, you’re right—if you’ve even noticed—that this space has been neglected for some weeks now,...

Fathers: Looking Back . . . Looking Forward

I remember the TV newsman, David Brinkley, once commented on the qualifications of a particular political candidate: “He says he’s a tax payer...

“And The Darkness Did Not Overcome It . . .”

John Will Creasy, a local artist missed by many, designed a specialized and symbolic cross for his church many years ago.  Overlapping the...

A Subterranean Invasion – Groundhogs!

As early as 1674 settlers in Virginia became acquainted with this burrowing rodent. Attempting to spell its Indian name, they joined two English...

Things Happen . . .

You remember the tag line from the old movie “Jaws?”  Just when you thought it was safe to go in the water ....

Recipe of the Week: Summer Squash Casserole

Maybe those of us who love summer love it most of all for these reasons - the sights, the sounds, the smells, are...

Presenting Some Seriously Slippery Summer Syllogistics

Children are more pliable, more flexible, more resilient and more durable than adults.  It's official.  Not because the AMA says so.  It wasn't...