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BOB BROWN: The Triumph of Terrible Feelings Over Judgment

Today, our way of life is dominated by powerful, fast-moving, extreme emotions — especially anger, resentment, and fear. It is less influenced by careful reasoning. Unless we soon change our...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: President Trump Owes The UK An Apology

I read a disturbing and disquieting article in the New York Times on January 23 entitled,...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) Is a Defeatist

I read an article in the New York Post by Emily Crane on January 26 entitled,...

BOB BROWN: Loss of the Sense of the Sacred

During World War II, men went to war and women went to work. But where...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Russia’s Inhumanity To Russians – Part II

The West should economically ostracize and defeat the tyrannical Putin, like the gangster whom he...

SERWAN ZANGANA: American Families Receive Body Bags, Politicians Receive Fat Paychecks

While recently browsing through some old pictures from my time serving as a U.S Army interpreter back in 2004 in Iraq, a thought came...

FRED FIRST: Meeting New Neighbors: Giving Them Names

I noticed this odd creature on our porch this week. Both Seek (by iNaturalist) and Google Lens identify this creature pictured here as a brown rove beetle. I...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: The Mug Shot Heard and Seen Around the World

August 24, 2023 will become an infamous date in U.S. history. That was the day when 77-year-old former President Donald J. Trump became the...

MELINDA MYERS: Plant Trees This Fall for Decades of Benefits

Fall is a great time to plant trees in the landscape.  The soil is warm and air temperatures are generally cooler, creating a better...

Asking for Forgiveness is The Best Way to Live

Indeed, in a situation of disagreement with a person and through a discussion or an argument one can learn two things. First, how much...

FRED FIRST: Just Look For It: Horseweed

Once you recognize it, it is everywhere I have one purpose here: to cause a single reader to discover a common plant growing right outside...