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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,...

MELINDA MYERS: Five Steps this Fall to a More Beautiful Landscape

Don’t let a busy schedule stop you from creating a beautiful landscape. Incorporate a few of these changes into your fall landscape care. You’ll...

DICK BAYNTON: Equality

It is a truism that every baby born into the world is equal to every other person in the world at the instant of...

JOY SYLVESTER JOHNSON: Gratitude For Love and Life

This Morning . . . I spend a moment each morning considering my own death. I know each day, each breath, brings me closer to...

MIKE KEELER: We All Need a Few More Jolts of Hot Sauce

If the day's news has got you down, what you need is a jolt of hot sauce. But first, some history. In the 1860's, Edmund...

DICK BAYNTON: Virtue & Victims

What is emerging in politics is counterfeit virtue and real victims. Virtue is now an intellectual commodity that can be mauled and manipulated into...

LUCKY GARVIN: The Return of The Smidge-miester

I have withheld telling this story for about six months. The occasion of my reticence is I didn’t know if he would survive the...
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