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ROBERT L. MARONIC: Trump’s “Great Gatsby Party” At His Mar-a-Lago Club on October 31 Was In Poor Taste

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, is our country’s largest anti-hunger program for men, women, and children. 42 million poor Americans lost their SNAP benefits (f.k.a. food stamps)...

FRED FIRST: Winter is Coming: Make Ready!

Though a few poetic souls and tree-hugging types like me will make soft cooing noises...

BOB BROWN: “I don’t see how I can go on like this”

The round, sad Asian American face of the 26-year-old single Soldier sitting uncomfortably in front...

SCOT BELLAVIA: God in the Library

Talking to strangers about God is a muscle I don’t work very often. But I...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Antisemite Zohran Mamdani Will Be An Economic Disaster For New York City – Part IV

As Gabrielle Fahmy wrote in the Post, "in its most recent platform, the group blasts...

One Man’s Treasure Indeed

China provides the U.S. with lots of inexpensive goods.  In return, the U.S. sells back to China many high-end luxury products. Here's a case...

A Perspective on Teachers

It’s that time again – back to school season.  Nearly every advertisement is telling us about hip new fashions and clever new school...

Groundhogs, Bananas, Bluebirds, Peanuts and Other Miracles

It’s a reasonable question to ask: Why do groundhogs love a tropical fruit, bananas? Why do monarch butterflies set forth on...

Recipe of the Week: Watermelon Banana Split

I was cutting a watermelon for a cook-out at my neighbors and it occurred to me very suddenly, that watermelon is such a...

Wretched Bits of Being

In the great outdoors of the Roanoke Valley, have you noticed all those odd yellow, orange, or gray patches on alpine rocks or...

How Do You Keep Going When Things Get Tough? By Carey Kinsolving

"By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity -- another man's, I mean," wrote Mark Twain. If you're reduced to human resources, there's...
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