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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...

SCOT BELLAVIA: Another Least Funny Joke

Familiar to every fiancé and expectant father is some derivation of “the ball and chain” joke. Perhaps meant for commiseration, this humor is discouraging if...

MELINDA MYERS: Keep Gardening After the First Fall Frost

There is nothing worse than frost in the forecast and a garden full of vegetables not quite ready for picking. Use some simple strategies...

SCOTT DREYER: Thank You, RSO!

He made from one blood all nations who live on the earth. --Acts 17:26a (NLV) Let us be grateful to the people who make us...

STUART REVERCOMB: Beware The White Christian Male Oppressors

So – I just discovered that I am an “Oppressor.” Why? Well three reasons actually. Because I am White. I am a Male. And I am a...

SCOTT DREYER: Tribute to a Great American (VI): Robert Robison (1927-2021)

We will close out this six-part tribute to Robert Robison--"Uncle Bob"  to many including myself--with this eulogy his grandson Barton wrote and delivered at...

SCOTT DREYER: Tribute to A Great American (V): Robert Robison (1927-2021)

Stand up in the presence of the aged, show respect for the elderly (....)                   --Leviticus 19:31 In...