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ROBERT L. MARONIC: Annex Ukraine Now

Steve Witkoff, acting as personal envoy for President Trump, first met with Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the Russo-Ukrainian War on February 23. His most recent meeting, accompanied by Jared Kushner,...

BECKY MAUPIN: Overwhelmed Doesn’t Mean Ungrateful

If you’re on social media for any amount of time, you pretty quickly see that...

BOB BROWN: When the Underdog Bites Has Rabies, and a Mean Owner

We have a strong human urge to identify with the “underdog.” There is nothing new...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Is Phase Two Of Trump‘s Peace Plan In The Gaza Strip Doomed To Fail? – Part II

Unfortunately, Trump’s present ceasefire as of October 9 is analogous to the armistice signed between...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Is Phase Two Of Trump‘s Peace Plan In The Gaza Strip Doomed To Fail? – Part I

Phase one of Trump‘s twenty-point peace plan in the Gaza Strip, which began on October...

FRED FIRST: Family Time – Black Mountain North Carolina

We recently spent a few days away, a few hours from home, with both our children (and one spouse) and two grand-children in Black...

SCOT BELLAVIA: A Minute in My Neighborhood

Laying on our blanket covered with the earliest crumbles of fallen leaves, I see our mailman four houses down. My one-year-old daughter, C–—, stands...

DEVOTIONAL: Three Mile-Per-Hour God

As they talked and discussed, Jesus himself drew near and walked along with them. --Luke 24:15 (GNT) Do you ever feel like life is going...

MIKE KEELER: Attention Paraskevidekatriaphobiacs: It’s Worse Than You Think . . .

As I alluded to last week, the Gregorian calendar was first rolled out in 1582, and was fully adopted by Europe in 1752. In...

SERWAN ZANGANA: It Should Not Be Difficult to Condemn The Atrocity of Hamas Attacks on Israeli Civilians

It is easy to be biased and support one side over the other in a conflict or a war between two countries as one's...

MELINDA MYERS: Plant a Few Trees for You and The Bees

Fall is a great time to add trees to your landscape. Not only do they provide shade, remove pollutants from the air, and help...