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BOB BROWN: Aging Poetically, Part II

Jan called today. “Ed died Thursday… he is in a better place.” Ed, a retired pediatrician in Jacksonville, was my closest friend for 76 years. Had he lived a...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: The US Media’s Monomaniacal Obsession With Nancy Guthrie’s Kidnapping

I do not mean to downplay the tremendous tragedy of the kidnapping of Savannah Guthrie's...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Barack and Michelle Obama Are Neither Apes Nor Monkeys

I read an article from the BBC on February 6 entitled, "Trump says he 'didn't...

BOB BROWN: Aging Poetically, Part I

Too often, the human race is a race against time. Until recently, I was a...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Twenty Reasons For Regime Change in Iran

1. The kidnapping of 66 Americans at the U.S. embassy in Tehran on November 4, 1979,...

Preacher’s Corner: After the Hurt

Can you remember the last time someone hurt you?  It probably will not take long to answer that question, because all of us...

The Recipe of the Week from The Happy Chef: Perfect Apple Pie

Last year I put an apple pie recipe that I had been using for years in the Happy Chef. It was a very...

Handing Off the Future: What Will We Leave Behind?

I lift two heavy buckets of green beans fresh from the garden up onto the kitchen sink. The knees of my old worn khakis are...

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...