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DAWN CUSTALOW: Pocahontas Reframed and Thanksgiving

I just returned from the 9th annual Pocahontas Reframed film festival 2025 in Richmond, VA, which is held right before Thanksgiving each year. The festival reframes Native American life...

SCOTT DREYER: “Forgive Me When I Whine”

This poem, of unclear authorship, reportedly comes from the dark Great Depression days of the...

BOB BROWN: Recent Sale of Brooklyn Bridge, Part Two

In 2025, America’s fertility rate reaches a historic low, while Muslim and Arab communities maintain...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Trump‘s Decision To Release The Epstein Files Is Overdue

I read an article in the New York Post on November 16 entitled “Trump says House Republicans should...

ANDY PITZER: Amtrak Trek: Lake Shore Limited/Southwest Chief/Empire Builder

NYC TO CHI: Lakeshore Limited (NY, MA, PA, OH, IN, IL) The first leg of the Amtrak train...

ALISHA NELSON: Liver – It’s (NOT) What’s For Dinner…..

Getting married is the easy part. It's what comes after that often proves challenging. Take my husband for instance. Pretty normal guy. Hard working, honest,...

SCOTT DREYER: No Man Is An Island Indeed

Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor...    --Ecclesiastes 4:9 This Bible verse--nearly 3,000 years old--speaks to the value of friendships...

MELINDA MYERS: Grow an Earlier and More Abundant Tomato Harvest

Be the first in your neighborhood to enjoy a garden-ripe tomato. Then continue harvesting an abundance of flavorful tomatoes throughout the growing season. A...

SCOT BELLAVIA: On The Things I Was to Understand When I’m Older

I’m older now, and I understand some things more than I did. Other things I understand less than I did. Perhaps the interest in...

SCOTT DREYER: Deep South Freeze Offers Important Lessons

A lie believed as truth will affect your life as if it were true. - Pastor and Author Craig Groeschel We’ve surely all seen images...

STUART REVERCOMB: A Little Disney Never Hurt Anyone – Or Has It?

Hot off the press: "Disney Slaps ‘Offensive Content’ Label On The Muppet Show." Disney has decided that 'The Muppet Show' — featuring Kermit the Frog,...