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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,...

BOB BROWN: 21st Century Courageous Cowards

Peaceful protesting is a right guaranteed by our Constitution. Participating in a peaceful protest is not breaking the law. Micha, a minor prophet with a major message, wrote, “He...

FRED FIRST: So Far We’ve Come, So Far to Go

A year ago, I pondered what life would be like after we’d had six months to adjust to our new life setting in Missouri....

ROBERT L MARONIC: Trump’s Not Sharing Intelligence With Ukraine For A Week Was Gratuitously Cruel

President Trump‘s public decision to stop sharing intelligence with Ukraine on March 5 was gratuitously cruel. This was in addition to his stopping of all military...

BOB BROWN: The Lifestyle You Live Influences Your Brain

COL Tate, Chief of Chaplains at a military installation, was referred to Mental Health for a Command Evaluation. No one wants to be commanded...

FRED FIRST: Turtle-Rabbits in Mid-Missouri

I saw my first three-dimensional nine-banded armadillo this week. We saw them 50 years ago, only as we neared Biloxi, on the coast (of...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Trump’s Deal For Ukraine’s Rare Earth Minerals Is A Big Gamble

I read a prescient and insightful column in the New York Times by Gracelin Baskaran on March 4. It was entitled, “How Trump Can Turn The Ukraine Mineral...