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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,...

LUCKY GARVIN: The Story of The Dying Man

Two weeks ago, he was working at a very high-tech job. Yes, he had metastatic cancer, but he once had hope; he was on...

MIKE KEELER: Beware The Super Blood Wolf Moon!

This is, like, really really horrible. First, it's about wolves. Cold, hungry, desperate, nasty wolves that prowl outside your home in the winter night. Wolves...

SAMUEL MOORE-SOBEL: A Play on Vice

George W. Bush apparently asked Dick Cheney to be his running mate while munching on a fried chicken leg. Or that is at least how...

DICK BAYNTON: Government 101: Theory & Practice

In representative government, voters elect officials who in turn hire workers to carry out the policies of those who have been elected. That is...

JOY SYLVESTER-JOHNSON: Highway Robbery of The Self

I was robbed. It all started at church yesterday. Leaving the Wednesday morning Eucharist 7:30 am service held at St John Episcopal Church, I witnessed a...

H. BRUCE RINKER, Ph.D.: We Do What We Can

“Illness is the night-side of life,” Susan Sontag, 1978 According to the RMH Foundation, cancer outpaces national trends and kills more people in the Shenandoah...
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