back to top

Columnists

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: A Tribute To Cheryl

We all have but a moment on Earth; yet some moments are too short, even by our standards. Take our Cheryl: She wasn’t very...

DICK BAYNTON: Union Rules

Union members pay dues to the local and adhere to the rules that are posted and enforced by union representatives, often called, ‘business agents.’...

DICK BAYNTON: An American Algorithm (Part II)

This column follows last week’s comments about trying to solve our problems of divisiveness. The United States, at just 243 years of age is...

H. BRUCE RINKER: Does One Count?

Galileo (1564-16-42) declared “Mathematics the language of science.” For us modern day scientists, that language is based on statements of statistical significance and probability. Scientific...

DICK BAYNTON: An American Algorithm

An ‘algorithm’ is a step by step solution to a problem, using logic and often a computer program (but not necessarily) that leads to...

BARBARA LEACH: Spring Garden Problems in Wet Years

Water is a double-edged sword in the garden.  Things are green and growing fast and we don’t have to spend time watering, but with...