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SCOT BELLAVIA: They’re Not Dumb, They’re Nonverbal

They say if you’ve met one person with autism…then you’ve met one person with autism. It turns out that when they also have apraxia, you didn’t meet them the...

RANDY HUFF: You Don’t Know What’s There Until You Do

I am reading Pilgrim at Tinker Creek this year, the 50th year of its publishing....

FRED FIRST: Turning Points of Note From a Season of Change

First night: Middle of April: The sliding doors are open with nothing but the screens to...

MELINDA MYERS: Dig, Divide and Boost Your Garden’s Beauty

Overcrowded, poor flowering, and floppy perennials can be invigorated with a shovel and a bit...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Let Prime Minister Netanyahu Defeat Hamas In The Gaza Strip

In January 2014 former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (2006-11) bluntly stated that Joe Biden had...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: The Folly of Reparations for The Descendants of American Slaves

In my last column entitled “West African Slave Trade: Buyers and Sellers,” I clearly explained that in the (northern) transatlantic slave trade the “west...

SCOTT DREYER: Life Hacks For Phone Addiction–Grayscale And Remove Apps

The subject of addictions is deep and complex, far beyond the scope of this single column as addictions can be to about as many...

SERWAN ZANGANA: Dems In Congress Dishonor National Police Week and All Law Enforcement

Democrat congresswomen Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and Cori Bush (D-MO) voted against a resolution recognizing National Police Week and honoring the law enforcement officers who...

DEVOTIONAL: You Were Designed For Community (1)

For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them. -- Matthew 18:20 (NIV) “Wolfgang Dircks, a divorced, disabled loner, was...

MIKE KEELER: 52 Trees – No more, No Less

Driving through town today, all the yards were in full bloom and everybody looks like they are in 'spruce it all up in time...

FRED FIRST: Forgetting to Create – The Broken Mirrors of Memory

In my stack of read articles for this week, the most highlights (22 of them)--were pulled from a piece in Nautil.us. It's title: Faulty...