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BOB BROWN: “Portraits of the Human Person”

On the night of June 21, 2025, President Donald Trump said all seven B2 Bombers had safely returned from an unprecedented successful attack on Iran’s fortresses of nuclear weapon...

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...

FRED FIRST: Homeward Bound

It would happen: the trip back to Floyd. And then it wouldn’t. And then it...

RANDY HUFF: A Poem That Wants to Be

I heard an acclaimed poet say poems seek their own metre, shape, rhythm, style. Anything can be a poem, I guess. Every life is...

SERWAN ZANGANA: Trumps RNC Speech Reflected Importance of Understanding The Issues

Comparing Trump’s speech during the Republican National Convention to his actions during his presidency from 2016-2020, should clarify voters’ views on whom they should...

DEVOTIONAL: Gossip

Without wood a fire goes out; without a gossip a quarrel dies down.  Prov. 26:20 (NIV) Most of us realize our nation and world are...

Bob Brown: “Good Grief”

Years ago, our next-door neighbor, a pleasant, engaging, friendly, middle-aged woman hanged herself from the rafters under her screen porch.  We were saddened and...

Substack on The Other Side: Where the Sidewalk Begins

It is early morning. With no one here but me, I am not alone. I know you are out there, but I would really...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Why Have The Paris Olympic Games Disinterested Me So Much?

So far, I can sadly summarize my watching and reading about the Paris Summer Olympics in three basic words: sacrilege, filth and pedophilia. Fortunately, I have...