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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 and 9. Tens of thousands of unarmed protesters were shot dead in an indiscriminate slaughter...

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,...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: President Trump Owes The UK An Apology

I read a disturbing and disquieting article in the New York Times on January 23 entitled,...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) Is a Defeatist

I read an article in the New York Post by Emily Crane on January 26 entitled,...

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...

Processed Foods Found to Be as Addictive as Drugs

Hey Mister, can you help me out?  I need a fix.  Can you lend me for a Big Mac? In a newly released...

The Sanctuary Tree

Were you to walk through Sabrina’s and my home to its end, you would find yourself in our ‘animal room.’ This is where...
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