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SCOT BELLAVIA: Am I Proud to Be an American?

How proud are you to be an American? I posted that question on Facebook a few years ago on the Fourth of July. I wasn’t asking how proud or embarrassed...

BOB BROWN: “Portraits of the Human Person”

On the night of June 21, 2025, President Donald Trump said all seven B2 Bombers...

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...

Recipe of the Week: September Tomato Soup

by Leigh Sackett My garden was a late bloomer but it produced and some of its last tomatoes are lined up on my kitchen...

September 11, 2011

by Hayden Hollingsworth The day dawned, the warmth of late summer and clear skies stretching toward the mountains.  Other than putting out the American...

The Soft Knocking of Wind and Bird

by Lucky Garvin I went to church today for the first time in too long. The timing was ‘coincidental’ as I had been recently...

Support Your Local Teacher

by Keith McCurdy Ahh!  School has started.  The children are occupied for the day.  Bedtimes are in force again and all is right with...

Facing Conflict Opens Possibilities by Donna Hopkins Britt

Late last fall, when it was time to take the pumpkins off the front stoop, we composted them in our garden.  Over the...

History Always Has A Soundtrack

by Mike Keeler 9/11 will be forever bracketed by two songs by the poet laureate of New Jersey Bruce Springsteen was born in Long Branch,...