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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,...

FRED FIRST: Lonesome Highway: The On-Ramp

Alzheimer’s cruelty is told only in part by the time it takes to show itself and be named. Some sources say that the first anatomical...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: A $1 Trillion Defense Budget Could Soon Bankrupt The U.S.

Rich Lowry, the editor of the National Review, wrote a column in the New York Post on April 11, entitled “Unless we spike military spending —...

FRED FIRST: The Bitter-sweet Memory of Smells

This bit of writing (which was also a radio essay on WVTF) comes from February 2007. And why, just now: I proposed “Smells and...

BOB BROWN: Anger, Forgiveness, and Atonement

Every poll from Gallup to Pew Research Group confirms that anger is engulfing America. We are angrier now than ever before, and what makes...

FRED FIRST: Small Wonder

This is all I’ve got: a few unremarkable images and some brief words about them. My recent field notes are scant thus far in...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Stop Bullying Denmark and Greenland

The last time that the U.S. seriously wanted to purchase Greenland from Denmark was in 1946, when President Harry Truman occupied the White House....
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