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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...
SERWAN ZANGANA: Turkish Attacks On Iraq Will Continue As Region Remains Unstable
Turkey’s attack on the City of Sulaimaniyah, in the Kurdistan region of Iraq in April was not a surprise for the region or the...
DEVOTIONAL: Use Your Performance Enhancing Power . . . Sleep
He maketh me to lie down... (KJV) --Psalm 23:2a
Do you ever feel like you're barely hanging on, stressed to the max, and your tank...
FRED FIRST: Where Are You From?
I started writing in 2002 such that total strangers could read over my shoulder as a way of telling myself—and those who cared to...
ROBERT L. MARONIC: West African Slave Trade: Buyers and Sellers
Last week I read an article in The Washington Post published on March 28 entitled “Harris Touches on Africa’s Painful Past - and Youthful Future”...
SERWAN ZANGANA: With God’s Help I Am Able to Conquer An Elevation of 7400 Feet
The Blue Ridge Marathon in Roanoke has become a traditional event for many people from across the nation and is certainly one of the...
SCOTT DREYER: May 8 (VE-Day) Reminds Us…Good Can Conquer Evil
The future is unknowable, but the past should give us hope. --Winston Churchill
It is easy to get discouraged in today's world: scary headlines, crises...
