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SCOT BELLAVIA: Am I Proud to Be an American?

How proud are you to be an American? I posted that question on Facebook a few years ago on the Fourth of July. I wasn’t asking how proud or embarrassed...

BOB BROWN: “Portraits of the Human Person”

On the night of June 21, 2025, President Donald Trump said all seven B2 Bombers...

BECKY MAUPIN: The After Bedtime Search

Picture this: You manage to get everyone fed and the dinner aftermath cleaned up. Then...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Israel’s Second Sum Of All Fears

I first heard about a dirty bomb in early September 1993 when an IBM coworker,...

BOB BROWN: What Happened to Happiness?

We can quibble about the origin, even the definition or meaning of “happiness,” but I’m...

P. Buckley Moss – The People’s Artist

by Mary Jo Shannon Upon my retirement from the Shedd Early Learning Center in 1988, the parents and faculty gave me a signed print...

Getting the News

by Hayden Hollingsworth It comes as no surprise that newspapers are struggling to survive, or even if they should.  As has been pointed in...

Them’s Fightin’ Words

by Robert Adcox Yesterday evening I was on YouTube chasing down rumors of an engine explosion (How many opportunities do you get to see...

Ask the Nature Lady by Marlene A. Condon

I really like how “friendly” dragonflies seem to be.  These creatures are not as easily frightened by humans as are most large—and therefore...

Thoughts on “Bagger Vance”

by Lucky Garvin It is my delusion, my compulsion, or somewhere in my software that I believe in angels; that’s why I loved the...

English Soccer Is Hard On The Brain

byMike Keeler Americans are increasingly fascinated by that other version of "football," from the other side of The Pond. But it can get a...