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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...

SCOTT DREYER: America’s Shame: Our National Debt

On Thursday, January 19, the US federal government reached its statutory debt limit of $31.4 trillion. Never before has the debt been that high,...

SERWAN ZANGANA: Rep. Ilhan Omar Goes Even Further Astray

Removing Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN5) from the important Foreign Affairs Committee in the House of Representatives was a necessary action the Republicans were right...

DEVOTIONAL: Employ Your Most Valuable Resource

Live life, then, with a due sense of responsibility, not as men who do not know the meaning and purpose of life but as...

SCOTT DREYER: Davos Draino

Davos is a town in eastern, German-speaking Switzerland with some 11,000 residents. (For comparison, the Town of Vinton has a population of about 8,000.) ...

MELINDA MYERS: Garden Longer With Less Muscle Strain & Fatigue

Keep gardening longer with less muscle strain and fatigue with these pain-free gardening techniques. You’ll not only keep your garden looking its best but...

SERWAN ZANGANA: May God Help Us To Make Rational Decisions

Despite the controversial results from the 2020 presidential election, Joe Biden became the president of the United States. Since then, some of my acquaintances...