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BOB BROWN: What is Real?

Often, an old song plays in my mind. I cannot identify the situations that bring lyrics and melodies into my awareness. Somehow, I am reassured and comforted by them. Say...

FRED FIRST: Spiders I Have Worn

I see now how often what I chose to write about in my haphazard weekly...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Does Putin Consider Ukraine Russian Territory? If So, U.S. Negotiations Are In Trouble

President Putin, aka Vladimir the Terrible, is a second-world money-mongering autocrat, who commands the largest...

ANDY PITZER: Not-So-Trivial Geography

The absence of geography courses in American elementary and secondary school curriculums these days is...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest On July 4th Is An Ode To Gluttony

Joey Chestnut, 41, who is 6’1”, surprisingly only 230 pounds, and a personification of gluttony, won...

DICK BAYNTON: Have We Become Sidetracked?

On Friday, March 24th, Speaker Paul Ryan and President Trump removed the vote for the new healthcare law from the docket of the U.S....

HAYDEN HOLLINGSWORTH: What’s for Dinner?

That was the standard question when arriving home from Grammar School, as it was called in the days of yore. Getting the menu was...

HAYDEN HOLLINGSWORTH: The Eight Pillars of Joy

Several weeks ago I briefly reviewed a book by Douglas Abrams entitled The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World.  It chronicles...

DICK BAYNTON: Virtue, Morality, Patriotism & Politics

It has been noticed by millions of observers worldwide that although the debate over the U.S. Presidency went on for more than a year,...

DICK BAYNTON: The USA in Turmoil: Despair or Destiny

Every citizen of this great land called The United States of America should be outraged at the news that has been distributed on Thursday,...

DICK BAYNTON: Winning, Losing and the Nobility of Both

The fabric of our Democratic Republic that has existed since 1776 is becoming frayed and tattered. Our Constitution and other important segments of government...