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ROBERT L. MARONIC: The First Lady Of New York City Is A Vile Anti-Semite – Part I

I read a despondent article in TheNew York Post entitled, “Mamdani’s Wife Rama Duwaji Liked Post Calling Oct. 7 Hamas Rapes Of Israelis A 'Mass Hoax': Report.”The afflicting article was co-written by Rich Calder and Doree Lewak and...

BOB BROWN: Peace of Mind, Part III: The Secure Attachment

In the conclusion of this series, I find myself looking back at a specific decade...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: The US Is Already An Empire – Part II

New York Times columnist Ross Douthat observed in a highly accurate op-ed entitled “The American Empire in Retreat,”...

FRED FIRST: There And Back Again

RECAP: I would be able to visit southwest Virginia again--home for almost 40 years, and...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: The US Is Already An Empire – Part I

I read a misinformed article in the New York Times on February 27, which was written by Edward Wong. The article’s title was “Trump’s Foreign Policy:...

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...

MIKE KEELER: There Never Was an Age of Brass

When the ancients first started digging in the ground, they collected shiny metals like Copper and Gold, and learned that these could be melted...

JOY SYLVESTER-JOHNSON: I’d Like to Put in a Good Word

When my children were small my husband and I tried to teach them the social pleasantries of saying "thank you" as a response to...

DICK BAYNTON: The Increasingly Slippery Slope of Identity Politics

Politics has gained an overwhelming presence throughout the world. Politics can’t be breathed or eaten but it can be bought and sold just like...