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ROBERT L. MARONIC: The Ceasefire With Iran On April 7 Was Not A Big Win For The US

I think that President Trump made a great diplomatic mistake with Iran (brokered by duplicitous Pakistan) on April 7. If the Iranians said they had enough near-weapons-grade uranium to make eleven nuclear bombs...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: When The Papacy Becomes an A**

General Dwight D. Eisenhower issued a brief prayer on June 4, 1944, which was two days before...

BOB BROWN: While the World Slept: The Pathogens of Chaos, Part III: The Lyrical Enchantment

Several years ago, when Paul McCartney brought his legendary melodies to the foothills of Charlottesville,...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Congressional Republicans Know This War Is Going Well

I read a defeatist op-ed in the New York Times entitled," Republicans Know This War Is Going Badly." It was...

JOHNNY ROBINSON: Keep it Fun

It was a while back, maybe twenty years ago. I was setting up for an...

SCOTT DREYER: MSNBC Smears Virginians For Concerns About Violence, Illegal Immigration… and West VA?

Each year the Gallup organization polls Americans about their trust levels in various institutions. Sadly, trust in almost all of them has been in...

SERWAN ZANGANA: The Double Standards of Arab And Muslim Democrats

Arab and Muslim Americans are waking up late from their Utopian dreams and realizing President Joe Biden’s harmful policies and their effects on the...

DEVOTIONAL: Crows vs. Hawks

Scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.  2 Peter 3:3 (NIV) We can benefit from time outdoors, getting into nature and away...

Mike Keeler: Back in Daylight Spending Time

As we move into Daylight Savings Time, turns out the only thing we’re saving is daylight. Ben Franklin’s original idea was a good one. He...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Does Congress Really Care About The U.S. National Debt?

My Uncle Rudy, who died in 2015 at the age of 98, once told me in 2011 three sad stories about the Great Depression. He said...

FRED FIRST: Country Mouse, City Life / Growing New Roots without Transplant Shock

As soon as we made the decision in November to move to Columbia, calculating the distance from our new digs to the Columbia Mall...