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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: People Who Made a REAL Difference
The Law School at Arizona State University in Tempe is named after Sandra Day O’Connor, in honor of the first female Justice of the...
DENNIS GARVIN: The Scourge of Betterism
What white people have to do, is try and find out in their own hearts why it was necessary to have a n_ _...
CAROLINE WATKINS: Land of The Free and Home of The Brave
If you had told me a year ago that I would cast my vote for Donald Trump, I would’ve thought you were stark, raving...
KEITH McCURDY: No Time for Chores?
I hear this complaint from parents on a regular basis….”Johnny just doesn’t have any time for chores.” Not only is this a testament to...
LIZA FIELD: Turning in Your Grave
On no subject are our ideas more warped and pitiable than on death. —John Muir
Where do we go after dying?
The ancient spiritual question has also...
LUCKY GARVIN: The Choices We Make
Things happen in the course of a day, some routine, others not so much. Then there are occasions when what should have happened didn’t,...