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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,...

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...

LUCKY GARVIN: Through A Glass Darkly

For those of us who would trace Heaven’s footsteps, often we must reason like historians; we must ‘read the map backward’ so to speak....

DICK BAYNTON: What’s In A Name?

Shayom Debopadhaya, a graduating senior at Salem High School has won an award of $500 from a local informal group named ‘The Big Lick...
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