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BOB BROWN: Sitting Alone in America

We are an aging, sedentary, less engaging people who are preoccupied with problems more than solutions, an observation that saddens me. Sitting is the “new smoking.” An inactive, sedentary lifestyle...

FRED FIRST: LONESOME HIGHWAY: Together, Apart

It would be an ending; and it would be a beginning: the day that Ann...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Trump Should Not Accept A Qatari Boeing 747 As A New Air Force One

Qatar is the ultimate frenemy. That is because Qatar has a U.S. Air Force base...

BECKY MAUPIN: Losing and Learning: The Realities of Motherhood

As soon as we find out that we are expecting a new baby, we almost...

STUART REVERCOMB: The Egret’s Visit

The name of the book that contains a collection of columns I wrote for The...

Newfoundland Awaits

It’s a six-hour ferry ride from North Sydney to Port-aux-Basque. The schedule is sporadic in the summer, and non-existent the remainder of the year....

Snake Tales: In League Wit Da Debil

I wouldn’t step foot in that pasture again ‘til there’s snow on the ground if I were you” a concerned Floyd County neighbor told...

Misleading Fiscal Planning Means State Budget Cuts or Tax Increases are Coming

The state budget is leaking money like a sieve once again, and that means renewed calls for either cuts in services or increases in...

Tolerance, Understanding and Coloring Outside the Lines

By now most of you are probably familiar with the events that unfolded last week on the market, when a group of people decided...