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ANDY PITZER: No Offseason

“It’s the time of the season.” This pertains to and will make the most sense for those whose locale has four separate seasons, those who do not have them and...

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: Changing of the Guard

The theme for the Lenoir Words Writers Group this month is AUTUMN. And since I...

Ch…Ch…Ch…Charlie!

It was early autumn many years ago when my oldest son said a tearful goodbye to Charlie. Charlie had been his best friend for...

How Can I Make Friends?

How can I make friends?  What a great question.  Unfortunately this is not the question that most kids ask when they are struggling socially. ...

More Than Coincidence

Coincidence,” Webster says, “is the occurrence of two events that happen at the same time by accident, but seem to have some connection.” I...

The Changing Face of Medicine

When I entered medical school a long time ago my classmates and I had a number of things in common:  We liked science and...

Humans on Acid, a World’s Bellyache

How's your pH, these days? If you're on a fast-food diet, heavily-caffeinated, burning up the road and burning yourself out, you may be acidifying your...

The Recipe of the Week from The Happy Chef: Chicken Salad with Some Determined Basil

I have this little Basil plant that has been so good to me. He is really little yet so bountiful. I have picked...

ANDY PITZER: No Offseason