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ROBERT L. MARONIC: When Is Trump’s Promise To Iran That “Help Is On The Way” Finally Going To Happen?

There was a horrific, chaotic carnage in the streets of Iran during a nationwide protest on January 8 and 9. Tens of thousands of unarmed protesters were shot dead in an indiscriminate slaughter...

FRED FIRST: Missouri’s Capitol City: First-Time Tourist

I could not possibly do justice to my first visit a half hour south of...

BOB BROWN: The Triumph of Terrible Feelings Over Judgment

Today, our way of life is dominated by powerful, fast-moving, extreme emotions — especially anger,...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: President Trump Owes The UK An Apology

I read a disturbing and disquieting article in the New York Times on January 23 entitled,...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) Is a Defeatist

I read an article in the New York Post by Emily Crane on January 26 entitled,...

SCOT BELLAVIA: That Awkward Moment

In the true crime book The Onion Field, Joseph Wambaugh describes a moment between two characters: “Sometimes the boy wished they could sit and...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Open Letter To Apple CEO Tim Cook

I purchased an iPhone 16e, winter-blue silicone cover and 20 watt power adapter online from Apple Sales on April 2. Unfortunately, I had to...

BOB BROWN: “We Remember But Warriors Try To Forget”

“Sir, may I have permission to speak honestly? Frankly, I don’t want to be here. My wife said get help or she’s leaving. She’s said...

FRED FIRST: Lonesome Highway: An Object at Rest

Without the always-on duties of a care partner now for less than a week, I’m finding it surprisingly hard to fill my time with...

BOB BROWN: Sitting Alone in America

We are an aging, sedentary, less engaging people who are preoccupied with problems more than solutions, an observation that saddens me. Sitting is the “new...

FRED FIRST: LONESOME HIGHWAY: Together, Apart

It would be an ending; and it would be a beginning: the day that Ann finally entered Memory Care after years of knowing it...
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