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6 Myths About the History of Black People in America
by Jessica Machado and Karen Turner / VOX (Feb 16, 2024)

Six historians weigh in on the biggest misconceptions about Black history, including the Tuskegee experiment and enslaved people’s finances…


Last Wedneday, Stuck in a Traffic Jam
by Garrison Keillor (Feb 15, 2024)

New Yorkers have the ability to express despair and municipal pride in the same sentence. Joe Biden's visit created traffic jams, so I over-tipped the cabbie and hiked 12 blocks to my doctor who took my blood pressure and said it was excellent…


Eternal Love: A Valentine's Story
by Greg Asimakoupoulos (Feb 14, 2024)

My parents’ grave at the Wenatchee Cemetery pictures their enduring love…


A Virtual Treasure Hunt
by Greg Asimakoupoulos (Feb 10, 2024)

Facebook celebrates its twentieth anniversary this week…


We Need Each Other, It's a Fact
by Garrison Keillor (Feb 8, 2024)

We can get along without Wi-Fi and cellphones and streaming video, but we can't get along without each other. Come back to the zoo, Flaco. You're a celebrity, people want to look at you, accept your role in the world…


A Farewell Toast to Charles Osgood
by Greg Asimakoupoulos (Feb 3, 2024)

A tribute to the journalist and long-time host of CBS Sunday Morning…


A Noble Idea That Hit Me Last Tuesday
by Garrison Keillor (Feb 1, 2024)

I know that I need to get off my duff and man up and go out and walk lest I become a burden to my sweetheart and wind up in a rest home and use taxpayer's money to pay for me to lie around all day watching TV…


A Portrait of Greatness
by Greg Asimakoupoulos (Jan 27, 2024)

A portrait of Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll…


The Winter Blues Has Got Me Bad, Mama
by Garrison Keillor (Jan 25, 2024)

And then I went South to get some warmth and while there I had a brilliant idea, my first in a long time…


Life is Precious
by Greg Asimakoupoulos (Jan 22, 2024)

Contemplating the meaning of Sanctity of Life Day…


Lessons from 'The Boys in the Boat'
by Greg Asimakoupoulos (Jan 20, 2024)

The Boys in the Boat book and movie provide us with spiritual insights on life…


Freud's Last Session Movie
by Rusty Wright (Jan 19, 2024)

Freud and C.S. Lewis square off…


Looking Forward to a Week of Uninformation
by Garrison Keillor (Jan 18, 2024)

Fighting evil is noble but in my old age I've come to feel that cheerfulness, gratitude, comedy are the essence of life, and so I look forward to the imminent arrival of my English relatives who love this country so sweetly…


Five Ways to Do Good on MLK Day
by Ryan Bergeron / CNN (Jan 13, 2024)

Reflecting on the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. can lead to good deeds on MLK Day…


Escaping from Gaza
by Greg Asimakoupoulos (Jan 12, 2024)

The Biblical story of the Flight into Egypt revisited in terms of current events…


A Close Call and then the Creation
by Garrison Keillor (Jan 11, 2024)

I know it's pitifully small-minded of me but I enjoy walking around with a $100 bill in my pocket. It's a token of good luck. A silver dollar used to be a token but luck has undergone inflation…


The Innkeeper Has a Name
by Greg Asimakoupoulos (Jan 6, 2024)

The innkeeper in our nativity set bears a striking resemblance to me…


Stop Belieiving These Longevity Myths to Live Longer, be Healthy and Happy
by Stephanie Douglas / Prevention (Jan 6, 2024)

It’s never too late to give up bad habits—or defy your genetics. Here’s the truth about longevity…


O What a Beautiful Evening
by Garrison Keillor (Jan 5, 2024)

Hundreds of mature people in a state of delight and I felt that I, the tall somber man brought up to believe that dancing is sinful, was the most delirious person on the floor…


From the South Atlantic, Blessings!
by Garrison Keillor (Jan 1, 2024)

The real education, however, is to discover how sweet Christmas is . . . standing at a ship's rail at night and looking up at Orion with your wife and daughter has more to do with Christmas than sleighs or chestnuts or even boughs of holly. Happy 2024!


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I accept change, even some changes that pain me. In that respect, life is not unlike rafting through fhe Grand Canyon with calm pools between the boiling rapids…


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The state of our union as a nation is troubling…



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