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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...
DICK BAYNTON: Patriots and Provocateurs
In this great young nation of just over 240 years in age, protest has been welcome since the very beginning of our mostly triumphant...
DICK BAYNTON: Our World has Changed
Today the globe is home to almost 7.5 billion people; in 1900 the world population was between 1.5 and 1.7 billion people. In the intervening...
HAYDEN HOLLINGSWORTH: Of Bullets and Bombs
You may recall that terrifying movie of decades ago, “Jaws.” For some time after that whenever you took a dip in the ocean the...
DICK BAYNTON: Draining The Swamp
Today’s column is based on a request by one of our readers who asked what our new leader, President-Elect Donald J. Trump might do...
CAROLINE WATKINS: Daddy Dear
Never did I call my father “Daddy,” much less “Daddy dear,” nor Father nor Pop - just Dad. The title of “Daddy Dear” actually...
HAYDEN HOLLINGSWORTH: When Trump Becomes a Verb
Bridge is a very challenging game. For those who do not play, all you need to know in this analogy is that when one...
