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BECKY MAUPIN: A New Season, New Expectations

Motherhood, I'm learning, is a series of seasons. None of them are truly easy; they're all hard in different ways. We make it through one challenging season only to...

BOB BROWN: Aging Poetically, Part II

Jan called today. “Ed died Thursday… he is in a better place.” Ed, a retired...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: The US Media’s Monomaniacal Obsession With Nancy Guthrie’s Kidnapping

I do not mean to downplay the tremendous tragedy of the kidnapping of Savannah Guthrie's...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Barack and Michelle Obama Are Neither Apes Nor Monkeys

I read an article from the BBC on February 6 entitled, "Trump says he 'didn't...

BOB BROWN: Aging Poetically, Part I

Too often, the human race is a race against time. Until recently, I was a...

“Middle Class”

Both Democrats and Republicans seem to be trying to capture the hearts and minds of people in the ‘middle class’. Who are these...

Make Plans To Be Healthy!

 "Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." - World Health...

The Difference a Horse Makes

I have had so many amazing moments this year at Healing Strides of Virginia that is located just south of Roanoke on Naff...

Did God Design a Disposable, Ah Hem . . . Appendage?

On 12 February 2013, Charles Darwin’s 204th birthday anniversary, BBC science reporter Rebecca Morelle published a startling column entitled, “Sea slug’s ‘disposable penis’...

Term Limits Are Needed Across The Board

A reader named Jim suggested a topic that needs to be exposed to the sunlight. Today’s column is addressed to Jim and all...

Management By Objective

That was a phrase bandied about the business community decades ago. It came out of the work by Peter Drucker in his book...