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MELINDA MYERS: Gardening Helps Grow Healthy, Happy Kids

Gardeners know and research is proving that gardening, even viewing a garden, as well as spending time in nature is good for the mind, body, and spirit. It improves...

Of Bears and Men and Meeting in the Woods . . . Revisited

I've thought much on this woman-meets-man-or-bear-alone-in-the-woods meme, and I tried to write on it yesterday....

Between Politicians and University Students, America Becomes Both Guilty and Victim

The United States has become both the guilty and the victim! It is a nation...

Of Bears and Men and Meeting in the Woods

Sadly, a meme, while giving voice to fears of women, added insult to injury instead...

Hope of Israel Congregation Remembers The 6 Million Murdered in The Holocaust

On a quiet Sunday evening a somber 'Hope of Israel' congregation remembered the six million...

DICK BAYNTON: Life Expectancy

For babies born in the USA this year, they can expect to live on average 79.5 years. In order of life expectancy of world...

DICK BAYNTON: Power

This word has many meanings such as political power but one of the best known uses of the word relates to overhead ‘power’ lines,...

LUCKY GARVIN: A Child’s Memory

Bouten Hassen is one of those little fixtures of my mind which refuses to be buried by the patient working of time. Such memories...

Dick Baynton: Poverty, Prosperity and PPP

According the World Bank and the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) there are 767 million children in the world that live in...

LUCKY GARVIN: Invisible Hinges

Years ago, a sign hung in our ER: “If there’s a job to do - and you can do it - it’s yours.”He leaves...

DICK BAYNTON: Results

All actions have results; the recent ‘mid-term’ election is no exception. The presidential election will occur in two years and some senators were not...