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ROBERT L. MARONIC: The US Is Already An Empire – Part I

I read a misinformed article in the New York Times on February 27, which was written by Edward Wong. The article’s title was “Trump’s Foreign Policy: Resurrecting Empire,” which I thought was woefully inaccurate and ahistorical. I have unfortunate news for Mr. Wong....

BOB BROWN: Peace of Mind, Part II: The Covenant Advocate

Some troubles are loud and obvious; others wear a white coat, earn high grades, and...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: How To Win The War In Iran?

The US military cannot win the war in Iran for the Iranian people. The victory must come from...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Labor Prime Minister Keir Starmer Is A Disappointment And Disgrace

Labor Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who increasingly reminds me of the antithesis of former Conservative Prime...

BOB BROWN: Peace of Mind: The Logic of an Anchor, Part 1 of III

In 1953, an attractive, intelligent young medical student, one year ahead of me at the...

Striving and Receiving – Scripture: Genesis 32:22-31 by Stuart Revercomb

In the chapters just ahead of the above referenced scripture we learn that things are about to get very interesting for Jacob who,...

First Year of Medical School: Successfully Completed

by Hayden Hollingsworth The Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine will start its second class this week.  Out of more the 2700 applicants, around...

Economics As If People And Planet Mattered

by Fred First Is it just me, or does most everyone you talk to these days think that most everything in politics, economics, society...

Growing Old[Er]

by Lucky Garvin It was a sun-charged day; the air was spiced with scents of spring. I saw them as I sped by in...

Rumbling, Bumbling, Stumbling . . . New Job!

by Jon Kaufman Friends, when last we spoke I was mired in state of unemployment, a predicament shared by a growing number of Americans. ...

The Raindrop That Falls To The Earth – By The Reverend Barkley Thompson

Episcopal seminarians are required to complete a summer of hospital chaplaincy.  It is on-the-job training of the most intense kind, and the lessons...