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ANDY PITZER: “Look Mom! No iPhone!”

A very interesting visually recorded interview showed up on my feed the other night. In 1966, several British adolescents were interviewed about their vision of the future (circa year...

FRED FIRST: There And Back Again

RECAP: I would be able to visit southwest Virginia again–home for almost 40 years, and...

SCOT BELLAVIA: Am I Proud to Be an American?

How proud are you to be an American? I posted that question on Facebook a few...

BOB BROWN: “Portraits of the Human Person”

On the night of June 21, 2025, President Donald Trump said all seven B2 Bombers...

BECKY MAUPIN: The After Bedtime Search

Picture this: You manage to get everyone fed and the dinner aftermath cleaned up. Then...

Home: Settled In For Our Second Ten

They gave us six months. That’s what I heard years later from the long-time residents along our road who watched us renovate the old...

Nothing Beats a Trip to the Department of Motor Victims

Everyone, despite their disposition, has some sort of task that they dread completing more than any other mundane mission.  Some fear public speaking, others...

A “Non-Religious” Christmas? by Dr. Bryan Smith

As bizarre as that may sound to many of us, this was apparently a serious consideration on the part of some members of...

Hug a Kid for Christmas!

Some of you might remember a great slogan that came out in the 70’s, “Have you hugged your kid today?”  The Director of the...

The Worst Christmas Memories are Sometimes the Best

Christmas comes but once a year” -- and we often have such high expectations for that special day. We want everything to be perfect...

Save Those Memories On Paper

If you have been traveling and using hotel facilities, I suspect you have noticed the 300 pound TV lodged in the massive chest has...