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MELINDA MYERS: Be A Weather Watching Gardener
Each gardening season seems to offer new growing challenges. Our gardens are exposed to more drastic and variable weather with changing weather patterns. Floods, droughts, wind, temperature extremes, and...
BOB BROWN: Suspension of Critical Judgment
The Sheriff of a nearby county, before DNA identification was available, urgently requested the assistance...
SCOTT DREYER: A Trump Supporter Explains Her Reasonings
Below are comments from a friend who wishes to remain anonymous, for employment reasons, on...
DAWN CUSTALOW: “It’s Not Complicated – Just Love The One In Front of You . . .”
As a nation, we have been in shock and disbelief as we grieve the recent...
SCOTT DREYER: 2024 In Review, “The Year The Fever Broke” (Part 2)
Part 1, for January-July, is here.AUGUSTDemocrats had their convention in Chicago. They took the grotesque,...
“Morphosis” by Barkley Thompson
In 1991, a new word entered our common lexicon. The term was the product of two events in pop culture that occurred almost simultaneously:...
“Car Talk” and “Science-Speak”: The Importance of Standards for a Country Losing Ground in Scientific Leadership
by H. Bruce Rinker, Ph.D.During a recent edition of “Car Talk” on National Public Radio, I learned an amazing little fact about America’s...
There is Nothing Exceptional About Cedric Hakeem
by Mike KeelerHis house caught fire on New Year's Eve. But he and his family got out OK. Then the fool ran back...
Shameless John Rosemond Promotion
by Keith McCurdyIt is always refreshing to hear someone else talk about parenting, especially when he makes good sense. I have enjoyed getting...
Beware of the Middle Man
by Keith McCurdyJust recently, a parent came in with much frustration. She described in great detail the ongoing conflict between her teenage daughter...
My Vice From The Past
by Mary Jo ShannonPeople who know me are often surprised to learn that I used to smoke. I suppose it seems out of...