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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....

Zero To Seventy In Eight Hours

by Robert Adcox For anyone looking for a day vacation, there is no better experience than a spirited jaunt from Roanoke to Mount Airy....

More Notes from the ER

by Lucky Garvin I’m the sort of person who makes all kinds of notes so I don’t forget stuff; then I forget where I...

Something That Has Been Around So Long We’ve Forgotten All About It

byMike Keeler First of all, we don't even know how this Thing got its name. Some folks think it's just the Greek word for...

From The Older Brother’s Room by Ed Dunnington

What is a hypocrite?  Jesus uses the term seventeen times in the gospels when speaking to very religiously-minded people.  As many of you...

Medellin, City of Eternal Spring

by John Robinson You can't beat street food, and this place is no exception. I love the  almojabanos, which are rolls with warm, gooey...

Making it Right

by Keith McCurdy To this day I still remember what my mother would make me do when I got into a fight with my...