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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...

MIKE KEELER: : The Coming Storm . . .

250 years ago, September, 1777, there was a Category 5 storm headed for the North Atlantic. But it wasn’t meteorological, it was monetary. It had...

SERWAN ZANGANA: Who Is This Stranger?

     We have a stranger in the neighborhood and he’s challenging everyone. He is running and seems to be very keen. “Who is he and...

MELINDA MYERS: Brighten Your Fall Landscape With Mums

Mums are a favorite fall flower that adds weeks of seasonal color to containers, gardens and fall displays. They are also a popular gift...

DEVOTIONAL: Back To School Prayer For Boys

No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what...

SERWAN ZANGANA: American Families Receive Body Bags, Politicians Receive Fat Paychecks

While recently browsing through some old pictures from my time serving as a U.S Army interpreter back in 2004 in Iraq, a thought came...

FRED FIRST: Meeting New Neighbors: Giving Them Names

I noticed this odd creature on our porch this week. Both Seek (by iNaturalist) and Google Lens identify this creature pictured here as a brown rove beetle. I...