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BECKY MAUPIN: A New Season, New Expectations

Motherhood, I'm learning, is a series of seasons. None of them are truly easy; they're all hard in different ways. We make it through one challenging season only to...

BOB BROWN: Aging Poetically, Part II

Jan called today. “Ed died Thursday… he is in a better place.” Ed, a retired...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: The US Media’s Monomaniacal Obsession With Nancy Guthrie’s Kidnapping

I do not mean to downplay the tremendous tragedy of the kidnapping of Savannah Guthrie's...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Barack and Michelle Obama Are Neither Apes Nor Monkeys

I read an article from the BBC on February 6 entitled, "Trump says he 'didn't...

BOB BROWN: Aging Poetically, Part I

Too often, the human race is a race against time. Until recently, I was a...

Making Big Assumptions by Stuart Revercomb

by Stuart Revercomb Our scripture from Mark 1:40-45 tells us that moved with pity, Jesus healed a leper and then sternly warned him, "See...

Beautiful Scenery, Love and Laughter In the Valley of the Rio Cauca

by John Robinson Ruben coaxes the veteran 4WD Mitsubishi van over the dirt and rock which has inundated this section of roadway; the vehicle...

Are Doctors Honest?

by Hayden Hollingsworth Last summer I wrote a column about the importance of accurate communication when a family member or loved one is ill. ...

Laughter – A Dose Of Good Medicine

by Mary Jo Shannon Some time ago I wrote a column about the practical joke gene that is apparently dominant in all Shannon males....

Owls, Turtles and Groundhogs Galore

by Lucky Garvin Sometimes wildlife rehabilitation can put you into some amusing situations. Sabrina got a phone call. It seems a Great-horned owl was down...

I Can See Clearly Now

by Robert Adcox You know that clear plastic film that covers new electronic gadgets? I'm talking about that stuff we're supposed to peel off...