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  1. Everything Old Becomes New Again by Chris Hodapp
  2. A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words by John W. Bizzack
  3. Quality vs. Quantity by Michael Bayrak, Knights of the North, Masonic Dictionary
  4. Eliminating the Ancient Symbolic Penalties? by K.W. Aldridge, BSMTMD Lodge No. 35, Secaucus, and PGM/Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Quebec
  5. What Are We Trying To Save? by Thomas W. Jackson
  6. Where’s Your Manners? by John W. Bizzack
  7. To Dress or Not to Dress by John W. Bizzack, Cameron C. Poe
  8. Resting On Our Laurels by John W. Bizzack
  9. Boring Our Members To Death by Chris Hodapp
  10. Reframing the Broken Windows Theory by John W. Bizzack
  11. Gentlemen this is a Football by John W. Bizzack
  12. It’s About Time for Dreams to Exceed Memories! by Rich Graeter
  13. Masons from Kentucky: Duels, Soldiers, Politicians & The Kentucky Masons at the Alamo by John W. Bizzack
  14. The Tyler by John W. Bizzack
  15. Ruffianism & Crudity – What Ever Happened to Reverence? by John W. Bizzack
  16. History of the Guild System by H.L. Haywood, Editor, The Builder Magazine, Nov. 1923 -Volume IX -Number 11
  17. How a Comma Can Change Your Mind by Cameron C. Poe
  18. Masonic Education Looking to the Future by Thomas W. Jackson
  19. Masonic Traditions for the 21st Century by Dennis V. Chornenky
  20. Our Grand Experiment When Amity Becomes Enmity by Michael Stoops
  21. Reading Masons and Masons Who Do Not Read by Albert G. Mackey (1875)
  22. The Challenges of Masonry in the 21st Century by Thomas W. Jackson
  23. The Restaurant at the End of the Masonic Universe by Stephen Defoe
  24. The Unlodged Mason by Greg Stewart, Freemason Information Web Magazine
  25. To Dress or Not to Dress by John W. Bizzack
  26. What Are We Trying To Save? by Thomas W. Jackson
  27. Reading, Writing & Apathy by Stephen Dafoe
  28. Making Good Men Better by Rhit Moore
  29. Slow Down by Cameron C. Poe
  30. Traveling Beyond the Horizon – Esotericism by Esotericism
  31. What Do We Want to Be? by Thomas W. Jackson
  32. The Origins of Freemasonry – Whence Came We? by John Hamill
  33. What Came You Here to Do? by Andrew Hammer
  34. What Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time by John W. Bizzack
  35. Leadership and the History of the Installation Ceremony by John W. Bizzack
  36. Circumambulation by John D. Cissell
  37. Sometimes Enough is Enough by John W. Bizzack
  38. Odd Fellows by John W. Bizzack
  39. The Length of Our Cable Tow by John W. Bizzack
  40. That’s Not The Way We Did It In My Year by Carl W. Davis
  41. Eight Questions on Observant Masonry by Andrew Hammer
  42. Eight Steps to Excellence by Andrew Hammer
  43. The Concept of Observance by Andrew Hammer
  44. Explaining the Concept of the Chain of Union by Andrew Hammer
  45. Explaining the Chamber of Reflection by Andrew Hammer
  46. The Real Meaning of A Christmas Carol by John W. Bizzack
  47. A Little Learning is A Dangerous Thing by W. Robert “Wes” Ellis (1964)
  48. George Washington and the Virtue of Temperance by Dan M. Kemble
  49. Lodges of Research by Dan M. Kemble
  50. The Scottish Craftsman – My Understanding of Masonry by Omer H. Stubbs (1963)
  51. “Dress for Success“ by Dave Cassesa
  52. “When am I Truly a Master Mason?“ by Dave Cassesa
  53. “What Is Freemasonry?“ by Dan M. Kemble
  54. “Down to Bedrock“ by Carroll M. Curtis, PGM
  55. Early Covington Freemasonry by Ed M. Vardiman
  56. Outgoing Master’s Address October 30, 2019 by Dan M. Kemble
  57. The Steamboat Captain that Changed the Course of Kentucky Freemasonry by John W. Bizzack
  58. Following Reason in Freemasonry by John W. Bizzack
  59. Feeds, Functions and Fraternity Politics by John W. Bizzack
  60. Burlesquing Freemasonry Ruffianism and Crudity or Just Fun by John W. Bizzack
  61. The Postponment by John W. Bizzack
  62. What Happens in Lodge Presentation by Dan Kemble
  63. Be All You Can Be by John Yates
  64. Covid 19: The Change Freemasonry Needed by S. Brad Drew
  65. Six Generations – One Freemasonry – WB S. Brad Drew
  66. What is Freemasonry? WB Dan Kemble
  67. Testing the Resiliency of Freemasonry – WB John W. Bizzack
  68. Examining the Premise of the Way We Have Always Done It: Calculating Effect of Pandemic on Freemasonry – WB John W. Bizzack
  69. Ode to the Way it Was: American Freemasonry and Operational Planning by John W. Bizzack
  70. Who’s Left Standing: Freemasonry after Covid-19 by Dan Kemble