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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,...

HAYDEN HOLLINGSWORTH: Can We Change?

Change is hard.  As the old saying goes, better the devil you know than the one you don’t.  That attitude is, however, a prescription...

DICK BAYNTON: Get Out and Vote

Tuesday, November 6th is the day we will vote to remove elected politicians that a majority feels are not doing a good job. We...

BRUCE RINKER: A Pearl in The Brain

I am a cancer survivor. Every night for more than two restless years, I faced a nagging possibility of not waking to see another sunrise. In...

DICK BAYNTON: The Sucker Punch

A sucker punch is when a person is struck with a blow when it was least expected. Right now, today and for the past...

JOY SYLVESTER-JOHNSON: When The Flood Comes

My grandson was at school when he heard there was a chance of flooding. He called his mother in a panic, “Mom, go down...

LUCKY GARVIN: What Matters

It is 9:30 in the morning. I look out the window at the counterpane of snow that fell through-out the night; at the long...
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