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ROBERT L. MARONIC: Bring Back The War Department

President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave a prescient and heartfelt speech in Chautauqua, New York, on August 14, 1936, about the tragedy and horrors of war.  Reflecting upon his own experience as...

FRED FIRST: Changing of the Guard

The theme for the Lenoir Words Writers Group this month is AUTUMN. And since I...

BOB BROWN: The Truth About Lying

Everyone lies! That’s the truth. Most people are relatively honest most of the time. The average...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Hurricane Erin Is Our Future – Part II

Unfortunately, the U.S. is not the only country experiencing climate change. It is a global...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Hurricane Erin Is Our Future – Part I

I read a prescient and depressing article in the Associated Press written by Danica Coto on August 16,...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Open Letter To Apple CEO Tim Cook

I purchased an iPhone 16e, winter-blue silicone cover and 20 watt power adapter online from Apple Sales on April 2. Unfortunately, I had to...

BOB BROWN: “We Remember But Warriors Try To Forget”

“Sir, may I have permission to speak honestly? Frankly, I don’t want to be here. My wife said get help or she’s leaving. She’s said...

FRED FIRST: Lonesome Highway: An Object at Rest

Without the always-on duties of a care partner now for less than a week, I’m finding it surprisingly hard to fill my time with...

BOB BROWN: Sitting Alone in America

We are an aging, sedentary, less engaging people who are preoccupied with problems more than solutions, an observation that saddens me. Sitting is the “new...

FRED FIRST: LONESOME HIGHWAY: Together, Apart

It would be an ending; and it would be a beginning: the day that Ann finally entered Memory Care after years of knowing it...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Trump Should Not Accept A Qatari Boeing 747 As A New Air Force One

Qatar is the ultimate frenemy. That is because Qatar has a U.S. Air Force base (Al Udeid Air Base), which is located twenty miles...