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FRED FIRST: Peregrinations of a *BoZo

I have a few bits of biological blarney to pass along before I focus later today on packing for Ghost Ranch. I woke up earlier than my intention this...

ANDY PITZER: No Offseason

“It’s the time of the season.” This pertains to and will make the most sense for...

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...

BOB BROWN: Why I Love The Jews

I wrote Kindness, Dignity, and Respect (2023) to share my Christian testimony, as honestly as if I were a sworn witness testifying in a...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Joe Must Go! Joe Must Go!

I take no joy in writing about the cognitive decline of a sitting U.S. president. However, after Biden's debate debacle with Donald Trump on...

MELINDA MYERS: Prune Raspberries For An Abundant Harvest

A bit of summer pruning goes a long way to keeping your raspberries healthy and productive.  So, get out the mosquito netting, long sleeves,...

BOB BROWN: On Dreaming and Disney / Freud

Walt Disney (1901-1966) and Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), separated by race, time, and thousands of miles, were remarkably alike.  Both Disney and Freud are identified...

RANDY HUFF: “America, America . . . “

O beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain; for purple mountain majesties above the fruited plain! America! America! God mend thine every flaw.... I feel overwhelmed today. First,...

SERWAN ZANGANA: Death Is Another Stage of Human Life

In My Father's Memory: Although he was on a hospice bed, I was in constant denial of the fact that he was stepping closer to...