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MELINDA MYERS: Heat-Tolerant Beauties for Gardens and Containers

Boost the summer-long beauty and heat tolerance in your gardens and containers with new varieties of annual vinca (Catharanthus). The unique Soireeâ vinca varieties provide added appeal with their...

SERWAN ZANGANA: May God’s Will ALWAYS Overpower My Will

Between God’s will and our free will, our lives continue on earth. The outcome of...

DEVOTIONAL: Eclipses Show God’s Handiwork…And Sense Of Humor?

The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. ...

RANDY HUFF: Strolling, Stones and A Better Way

The stroll I often took in my growing up years recently came to mind. We...

BOB BROWN: My Mother’s Bed

Prowling memories creep into my awareness. Intuitively, these memory fragments seem significant but they remain...

H. BRUCE RINKER: From STEM and STEAM to ECO-STEAM: Why the Whole is Important

Years ago, during my interview for an adjunct professorship at the Ringling School of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida, I argued successfully the...

HAYDEN HOLLINGSWORTH: Garageology

I’ve been making a study of garages. Maybe that means I have too much time on my hands, but when I got to thinking...

CAROLINE WATKINS: Take A Facebook Fast

When I finished my work day yesterday, I opened Facebook and saw something that stirred me, but not in a very good way. I...

HAYDEN HOLLINGSWORTH: Making History

Well, we certainly did that on numerous fronts in the last two weeks. We found out simultaneously what awful and marvelous shape the country...

DICK BAYNTON: The Folly of Superficial Solutions

Many hold the National Rifle Association, a private organization, accountable for the proliferation of guns that kill people. Should we also hold the American...

DICK BAYNTON: Political Discourse has Become Digression and Distortion

Over the past few months I have read comments in newspapers, magazines and on the Internet suggesting that Republicans lack "moral integrity." The various...