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ROBERT L. MARONIC: Bill Clinton’s Shameful Congratulations Of Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani – Part I

Far-left Democratic Socialist and Queens three-term assemblyman, Zohran Mamdani, won the Democratic primary on June 24, possibly to become the next New York City mayor on November 4. The charismatic candidate...

BOB BROWN: What is Real?

Often, an old song plays in my mind. I cannot identify the situations that bring...

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...

JOHNNY ROBINSON: Rust Belt Tour With The Boys

"Your turn to drive, dad!" That's son Ian, and its 3:30am on Ohio Rt. 23. His 2-hour stint at the wheel being up, he's...

DICK BAYNTON: Patriots and Provocateurs

In this great young nation of just over 240 years in age, protest has been welcome since the very beginning of our mostly triumphant...

DICK BAYNTON: Our World has Changed

Today the globe is home to almost 7.5 billion people; in 1900 the world population was between 1.5 and 1.7 billion people. In the intervening...

HAYDEN HOLLINGSWORTH: Of Bullets and Bombs

You may recall that terrifying movie of decades ago, “Jaws.” For some time after that whenever you took a dip in the ocean the...

DICK BAYNTON: Draining The Swamp

Today’s column is based on a request by one of our readers who asked what our new leader, President-Elect Donald J. Trump might do...

CAROLINE WATKINS: Daddy Dear

Never did I call my father “Daddy,” much less “Daddy dear,” nor Father nor Pop - just Dad.  The title of “Daddy Dear” actually...
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