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FRED FIRST: Peregrinations of a *BoZo

I have a few bits of biological blarney to pass along before I focus later today on packing for Ghost Ranch. I woke up earlier than my intention this...

ANDY PITZER: No Offseason

“It’s the time of the season.” This pertains to and will make the most sense for...

BOB BROWN: “I Remember World War II”

On December 7, 1941, my sister, Edith, eight years my senior, and I were in...

FRED FIRST: Go West At Last, Old Man

Decades of frugality have come abruptly to an end. I have made the choice to...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Bring Back The War Department

President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave a prescient and heartfelt speech in Chautauqua, New York, on...

FRED FIRST: On Finding and Leaving Home

And so at this tipping point in life, I return to visit early thoughts about WHERE we call home. My place was not where...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Roanoke College Needs An ROTC Program

A retired Army four-star general, William B. Rosson (1918-2004), once privately told me in mid-July 1987 that West Point either graduated very good officers...

SCOTT DREYER: Burning Questions From J13 Attempted Assassination

At 6:11 pm on Saturday, July 13 at a Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, shots rang out. Pres. Trump grabbed his ear and dropped...

MELINDA MYERS: Expand Your Garden Beds Without Chemicals

There never seems to be enough room for all the plants you want to grow. If space allows, create new garden beds to expand...

SERWAN ZANGANA: French Olympic Display Far Stranger Than Fiction

Perhaps, banning hijab, a headscarf that is required for Muslim women to wear to cover their hair for religious purposes, for France Muslim Women...

BOB BROWN: A Penny For Your Thoughts

Thinking, called “self-talk,” by behavioral scientists, is placed high on the list of important human traits.  Thinking clearly with few cognitive errors is challenging...