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ROBERT L. MARONIC: I No Longer Watch Baltimore Orioles’ Baseball Games

I no longer watch Baltimore Orioles’ baseball games. I now only watch innings, and if I do I watch maybe two or three. I prefer to watch innings because frankly...

ANDY PITZER: “Look Mom! No iPhone!”

A very interesting visually recorded interview showed up on my feed the other night. In...

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...

The Recipe of the Week from The Happy Chef: Farmhouse Style Corn Chowder

It’s chilly out there and things are changing! The weather is changing, the leaves are changing, the air is changing. Most of the...

In Sickness and In Health

Is there a particularly healthy attitude to have in marriage?  This question, or some form of it, comes up quite frequently in premarital counseling. ...

GPS Leads Way to Perfect Relationship

The relationship between human and machine is a delicate one.  Regardless of the contraption, people tend to bond with inanimate objects, often assigning names...

Does Afghanistan Really Want to Change?

In a recent column I mentioned the unlearned lessons in Iraq in relation to Shiite-Sunni history.  A reader reminded me that the Kurds (Sunni)...

We Bloom, Like The Tiniest Flower, Then We Move On

I think that I will always define tenderness by those moments. Those moments I watched a wife caress her dying husband, her grief standing silently...

Lessons Learned In Cruising

My husband is convinced a cruise is the perfect way to travel. Everything is paid for in advance, so you can forget about day...