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ROBERT L. MARONIC: Trump’s “Great Gatsby Party” At His Mar-A-Lago Club on October 31 Was In Poor Taste

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, is our country’s largest anti-hunger program for men, women, and children. 42 million poor Americans lost their SNAP benefits (f.k.a. food stamps)...

FRED FIRST: Winter is Coming: Make Ready!

Though a few poetic souls and tree-hugging types like me will make soft cooing noises...

BOB BROWN: “I don’t see how I can go on like this”

The round, sad Asian American face of the 26-year-old single Soldier sitting uncomfortably in front...

SCOT BELLAVIA: God in the Library

Talking to strangers about God is a muscle I don’t work very often. But I...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Antisemite Zohran Mamdani Will Be An Economic Disaster For New York City – Part IV

As Gabrielle Fahmy wrote in the Post, "in its most recent platform, the group blasts...

JOHNNY ROBINSON: The Dream Machine

Best I can figure, I’ve been using the same alarm clock since about 1982. The same one, just about every night since then. Huh. It’s...

DEVOTIONAL: Silent Night Or Noisy Night?

My people will live in peaceful dwelling places, in secure homes, in undisturbed places of rest.  --Isaiah 32:18 (NIV) One of the most famous and...

MIKE KEELER: A Little Medicine For These Troubled Times

There is only one sport played by people that wasn’t invented by humans. That sport is called Tewaaraton, and the people who play it...

FRED FIRST: Doodling Really Does Help Me Think!

I Want an Apology From All My Teachers . . . …who confiscated my etchings, mazes and caricatures during class. Unfortunately, the latter were good enough...

MELINDA MYERS: Dress Up The Holidays With Succulent Plants

Many people are opting for more natural elements in their holiday displays and those that easily blend with their home décor. Popular succulent plants...

RANDY HUFF: Without Sacrifice We Never Really Live

Pearl Harbor Day is larger-than-life: distant, meaningful, weighty. On this day 82 years ago the world changed, propelling a generation of Americans into a...
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