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BOB BROWN: Peace of Mind: The Logic of an Anchor, Part 1 of III

In 1953, an attractive, intelligent young medical student, one year ahead of me at the University of Virginia, stands out in my memory, though I hardly knew him. He was an...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: The Democratic Party’s Revolution By Illegal Immigration

I read an insightful op-ed about illegal immigration during the Biden administration in The New York...

FRED FIRST: On Eagle’s Wings

This is an excerpt from a continuing story of finding home. Much comes before; and...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Is Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) Running For President in 2028? – Part II

I read an article on nbc.com on February 13 entitled, “In Munich, AOC warns that democracies must deliver for the...

BOB BROWN: Aging Poetically, Part III

Being elderly is a full-time job. It could be the best job you ever had,...

H. Bruce Rinker III, Ph.D. : In Memoriam

Bruce Rinker III, Ph.D., scientist, veteran science educator, conservationist, and explorer, passed to the Beyond on Sunday, January 7, 2024, at King’s Daughters Health...

DEVOTIONAL: The Easiest, Fastest Way To Resolve Conflicts

A person’s discretion makes him slow to anger, And it is his glory to overlook an offense.  Proverbs 19:11 (NASB) Whether in dating, marriage, family,...

RANDY HUFF: Rumination on A Misunderstanding

Last year I all-but-unavoidably overheard the following conversation in a restaurant. It is paraphrased – I wasn't that rude. And I have made up...

MELINDA MYERS: Get a Jump Start on Managing Plant Pests This Winter

Just like us, insects spend their winters in different locations. Unlike us, they spend their winters in different stages of development. Some may overwinter...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Keep Virginia’s Robert E. Lee License Plate

January 19 was the 217th anniversary of the birth of Robert E. Lee in Stratford, Virginia. January 15 was also the 95th anniversary of...

FRED FIRST: Many Hope To Age in Place . . .

But Maybe Not the Place You Thought The phrase "Age-in-Place" is kind of the Holy Grail of late-in-life housing ambitions for many of our local...