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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...

LUCKY GARVIN: The Death of The Sheriff

Sometimes I feel like I’m Commander-in-Chief of Camp Krazy. I arrive at work; 7 AM. Maybe a half hour later, I get a call from...

DICK BAYNTON:  Tales from the Swamp

There are so many threats, promises, tweets and factoids that appear in newspapers, magazines, on TV and radio; it might be interesting to repeat...

JEFF ELL: The Four Seasons: Fishing, Girls, Cars, Fishing

“When I was a kid I was into fishing, then I got into cars, then I got into girls, now I’m back to fishing.”...

STUART REVERCOMB: Who Are Our Story Tellers?

My wife and I have been lamenting the cost of our television / internet package for years now. I know, I know – it...

JOY SYLVESTER-JOHNSON: Keeping The Open Doors Open

I am reminded of a story about a downtown church whose youth group decided to take packets of flower seeds  into the surrounding neighborhood...

DICK BAYNTON: Edinburg, TX, Microcosm of Mischief

Edinburg, Texas is a city of about 77,000 in the Rio Grande Valley and is located a short distance from McAllen (population of about...