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FRED FIRST: Winter is Coming: Make Ready!

Though a few poetic souls and tree-hugging types like me will make soft cooing noises of approval about the magic of the coming of fall, many (beyond a glance...

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...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Antisemite Zohran Mamdani Will Be An Economic Disaster For New York City – Part IV

As Gabrielle Fahmy wrote in the Post, "in its most recent platform, the group blasts...

BOB BROWN: The Smell of Combat

Consider the psychological cost incurred by the men and women in our military. They give...

Easter Distractions by Stuart Revercomb

I am not sure when it started, but at some point along the way I began to really dislike the Easter Bunny. Maybe it was...

A Sunshine Nation: Revisiting Our National Energy Policy

by H. Bruce Rinker, Ph.D. Years ago, while living in the “Sunshine State” of Florida, I argued with a representative of a regional energy...

“Because I Can’t Touch You…”

by Lucky Garvin He was bald, old, wrinkled, spotted, and deaf; and he could no longer walk - or even stand - without assistance. ...

In the Midst of Our Fear by Gary Robbins

I had watched her, just a few minutes before, as she stood there…crying. “I can’t do, I can’t do it,” she said, tears running down...

Zero To Seventy In Eight Hours

by Robert Adcox For anyone looking for a day vacation, there is no better experience than a spirited jaunt from Roanoke to Mount Airy....

More Notes from the ER

by Lucky Garvin I’m the sort of person who makes all kinds of notes so I don’t forget stuff; then I forget where I...