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ROBERT L. MARONIC: President Trump Is Fighting The Last War – Part I

I think that President Trump's plan to build a “new class of American-designed battleships that will be the most lethal surface combatants ever constructed,” which was announced on December 22, is a BIG mistake.  That...

SCOTT DREYER: Conduct Your “Year In Review”

James Clear, in his award-winning book Atomic Habits, encourages his readers to conduct an annual...

FRED FIRST: Small Moments. Long Life

Images: In our eyes. On our minds. From our memories. Conjured in our dreams. Right...

BOB BROWN: Decoding the New “Structure of Feeling”

This is the time to marshal up hope for the New Year. Hope is wanting...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: The Heroism Of Ahmed Al-Ahmed At Bondi Beach In Sydney, Australia

Not all Muslims are bad people. In fact, most Muslims are good and decent people....

DICK BAYNTON: American School Daze

Published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch on November 3rd of this year, this article drew my attention, “We should all be concerned’: Virginia’s literacy rates...

JOY SYLVESTER-JOHNSON: Resisting Evil

Every Wednesday morning following Eucharist we repeat the post communion prayer: “You have nourished us at Your table with holy food and drink. Now...

LUCKY GARVIN: A Few More Vignettes [from over the years]

I.) It’s often hard to determine if a story is true. Sometimes, it doesn’t matter… The Ranger’s Wife On her way west with her family,...

DICK BAYNTON: The People’s Republic of China (PRC)

On October 1st of this year, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, President of The People’s Republic of China and Chairman...

MIKE KEELER: I Cannot Lie. I Laid An Egg.

Last week I wrote that Elijah Cummings was born in 1851. Which would have made him 168 years old. My apologies to the great...

Joy Sylvester-Johnson: What Color Is God?

One of my favorite presents as a young child was a new box of crayons. I liked the way the crayons were lined up...