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Columnists

BOB BROWN: Decoding the New “Structure of Feeling”

This is the time to marshal up hope for the New Year. Hope is wanting something to happen or be true, with a reasonable expectation that it will, but...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: The Heroism Of Ahmed Al-Ahmed At Bondi Beach In Sydney, Australia

Not all Muslims are bad people. In fact, most Muslims are good and decent people....

DAWN CUSTALOW: THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD

For all who wait For all who hunger For all who’ve prayed For all who wonder Behold... Christmas is...

SCOTT DREYER: Christmas Through the Eyes of a Child

As adults, it is important to think of what messages we are giving the children...

FRED FIRST: Birds of a Feather

We were invited to join some geologist-birder friends for an outing last week that would...

These Days, Even The Fun Stuff Has An Edge To It

Way back in 1996, the makers of M&M's asked America to vote on a new color for their candy, resulting in a promotion...

Our Amusing Eccentricities

Little eccentricities of family members and friends are amusing and a sure way for us to remember them. When we laugh it is...

Coping With Different Family Thermostats

Weather is a fickle friend.  One day the sun bathes us with warmth, the next, we are cast into a cruel, shivering, bitter...

Of Silence and Solitude

Everyone has the experience, usually multiple times a day that if there is one more interruption, one more distraction, or another red light...

Taxation and Certainty

“In this world, nothing is certain but death and taxes,” so said the sage of the 18th century, Benjamin Franklin.  It would be...

A “Jobs Report”… Report

The ‘jobs report’ is published each month by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the U.S. Department of Labor. The most recent...