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BOB BROWN: The Recent Sale of the Brooklyn Bridge, Part One

The 2025 election results in New York, New Jersey, Virginia, and Seattle are troubling to me, a student of the human mind. The election of “democratic socialists,” and the...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Trump’s “Great Gatsby Party” At His Mar-a-Lago Club on October 31 Was In Poor Taste

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, is our country’s largest anti-hunger program for men,...

FRED FIRST: Winter is Coming: Make Ready!

Though a few poetic souls and tree-hugging types like me will make soft cooing noises...

BOB BROWN: “I don’t see how I can go on like this”

The round, sad Asian American face of the 26-year-old single Soldier sitting uncomfortably in front...

SCOT BELLAVIA: God in the Library

Talking to strangers about God is a muscle I don’t work very often. But I...

Ask the Nature Lady: Annual Cicadas by Marlene A. Condon

You know summer has arrived when cicadas start “singing”.  Most people hear these strange-looking insects more often than they see them, but if...

Giving Children The ‘Keys to Peace’

Parents and educators are always trying to spark student participation whether it’s in the classroom, in the local community, or throughout the world. When...

Bluebirds: Success at Last!

by Hayden Hollingsworth There was a time in the not too distant past when bluebird sightings were a cause of celebration.  The advent of...

The Curiously Sad Case of Lonesome George

by H. Bruce Rinker, Ph.D. On Sunday, 24 June 2012, the world witnessed an incredibly rare event: the notable passing of the last individual...

Both Sin and Salvation Have Their Standards

byMike Keeler Every deck of cards is pretty much the same.  Same number of cards, same suits, same face cards and number cards.  But...

A Small Town, A Different Day

byFrances Stebbins The day lilies my mother planted more than 70 years ago are still blooming beside the south wall of the house in...