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 Each January I contact the clerk of the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Curcuit Court for the city and county divorce and marriage statistics for...

Every spring I look forward to leading another JMU sponsored Lifelong Learning class called "Mennonites in the Valley," an up clo...

February 11, 2011 will go down in history as the day ordinary Egyptian citizens successfully ousted a modern day Pharaoh, in a nonviolent re...

Dawn always loved roses like these. One of our nephews, Dr. Jonathan Yoder, decided on impulse one day to have a half dozen red rose...

We aren't prone to lavish celebrations, but Alma Jean and I enjoyed a delicious pre-Valentine dinner together Saturday evening at the qu...

I want to believe that our commonwealth and our fair city of Harisonburg are still friendly and welcoming places. But to immigrants, I'm...

In spite of the words of welcome inscribed on our Statue of Liberty, we Americans have a sad history of showing inhospitality toward new peo...