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FRED FIRST: Winter is Coming: Make Ready!

Though a few poetic souls and tree-hugging types like me will make soft cooing noises of approval about the magic of the coming of fall, many (beyond a glance...

BOB BROWN: “I don’t see how I can go on like this”

The round, sad Asian American face of the 26-year-old single Soldier sitting uncomfortably in front...

SCOT BELLAVIA: God in the Library

Talking to strangers about God is a muscle I don’t work very often. But I...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Antisemite Zohran Mamdani Will Be An Economic Disaster For New York City – Part IV

As Gabrielle Fahmy wrote in the Post, "in its most recent platform, the group blasts...

BOB BROWN: The Smell of Combat

Consider the psychological cost incurred by the men and women in our military. They give...

Fall Landscape Care With Pollinators in Mind

No matter where you live, investing time caring for your landscape now will pay off with a healthier, more beautiful landscape next spring and...

DEVOTIONAL: B.U.S.Y. (2)

Careful planning puts you ahead in the long run;     hurry and scurry puts you further behind.  -- Proverbs 21:5 (The Message) One of the reasons old...

SCOTT DREYER: Happy Constitution Day 2023!

The US Constitution was signed by its framers on September 17, 1787, in what we now call Independence Hall in Philadelphia. That's why today...

MIKE KEELER: And You Thought It Was Just A Twinkie . . .

Okay, listen up, cupcakes, here’s a case study on the power of branding. Way back in 1849, a small bakery opened on Broome Street in...

SCOT BELLAVIA: The Creative Process by Adam Grant

All the articles I’ve written have gone through six phases. I didn’t recognize this until I heard them from writer Adam Grant. The phases...

MELINDA MYERS: Daffodils With A Difference

There are so many reasons to love daffodils. These spring-blooming bulbs aren’t fussy about where they are planted. They come back to bloom again...