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BOB BROWN: AGING POETICALLY, PART I

Too often, the human race is a race against time. Until recently, I was a sprinter in this race. Nowadays, blessed by the gift of a long life, my...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Twenty Reasons For Regime Change in Iran

1. The kidnapping of 66 Americans at the U.S. embassy in Tehran on November 4, 1979,...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: When Is Trump’s Promise To Iran That “Help Is On The Way” Finally Going To Happen?

There was a horrific, chaotic carnage in the streets of Iran during a nationwide protest on January 8...

FRED FIRST: Missouri’s Capitol City: First-Time Tourist

I could not possibly do justice to my first visit a half hour south of...

BOB BROWN: The Triumph of Terrible Feelings Over Judgment

Today, our way of life is dominated by powerful, fast-moving, extreme emotions — especially anger,...

Happy’s Garden Fresh Tomato Sauce over Cheese Raviolis

There was a time in my life where I would not dare use spaghetti sauce from a jar. I learned this from my...

A Little History on What Month You’re In and Why

As we move from July into August, all thoughts turn to sandy beaches, lazy afternoons, and the Roman Empire. In ancient Rome, the year...

A Move From Black Death to Sustainability?

The numbers are beyond comprehension for the global catastrophe that continues to unfold in the Gulf of Mexico. Eleven human deaths.  Thirty species of...

Where Canines Fail Can Felines Fill In?

Friends, following my last column in which I described the increased population of rodents in my neighborhood as a burgeoning concern, I was...

The Season of Spiders Draws Nigh

It is now officially the middle of summer—not the weatherman official but the Goose Creek local-native official middle of the summer. And so...

Recipe of the Week: Shrimp Tacos

We should not define ourselves by our profession or by our children or by where we live or by how much money we have...