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ROBERT L. MARONIC: There Is No Need For A U.S. Ground War In Venezuela

The easiest way to overthrow Nicolás Maduro, the narco-terrorist dictator of Venezuela, is to finance an insurgency. That would allow the oppressed people and disaffected military of Venezuela to overthrow this Hugo Chavez...

SCOTT DREYER: Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Proclamation

Americans celebrate Thanksgiving today, and along with Canadians in October, are the only people on...

DAWN CUSTALOW: Pocahontas Reframed and Thanksgiving

I just returned from the 9th annual Pocahontas Reframed film festival 2025 in Richmond, VA,...

SCOTT DREYER: “Forgive Me When I Whine”

This poem, of unclear authorship, reportedly comes from the dark Great Depression days of the...

BOB BROWN: Recent Sale of Brooklyn Bridge, Part Two

In 2025, America’s fertility rate reaches a historic low, while Muslim and Arab communities maintain...

Recipe of the Week: Memorial Day American Flag Cake

by Leigh Sackett I have discovered recently that being ignorant to my nation’s history is like being given a wonderful birthday present and not caring...

Still Searching . . . But Keeping My Sense of Humor

by Jon Kaufman It is day sixty-four of unemployment and friends; I am still desperate and jobless.  Like many Americans, I am experiencing the...

“Oh, That Is Just The Way Kids Are!”

by Keith McCurdy How many times have you heard a statement like, “that is just the way kids are” or “teenagers are just like...

Not Sure? Just Look It Up!

by Mary Jo Shannon “I know what a raccoon is! I don’t need to look it up in the dictionary!” my son Harry shouted,...

A Final Epitaph For Our Dear Rock

by Lucky Garvin Our nine-year-old Dobermann, Rock, lay on the screen porch one afternoon two weeks ago. A car came up the driveway, and...

A Man Went Up A Mountain to Pick Up the Trash

by Mike Keeler He had become concerned by the amount of junk which visitors had left behind.  The mountain was becoming more famous for...