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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,...

SCOT BELLAVIA: An Exhortation to X Out

Friend, listen to my words. YouTube is a root of all kinds of evil. On it is unfiltered, unregulated, unverified, unrighteous refuse. And such...

BOB BROWN: 21st Century Courageous Cowards

Peaceful protesting is a right guaranteed by our Constitution. Participating in a peaceful protest is not breaking the law. Micha, a minor prophet with a major message, wrote, “He...

FRED FIRST: So Far We’ve Come, So Far to Go

A year ago, I pondered what life would be like after we’d had six months to adjust to our new life setting in Missouri....

ROBERT L MARONIC: Trump’s Not Sharing Intelligence With Ukraine For A Week Was Gratuitously Cruel

President Trump‘s public decision to stop sharing intelligence with Ukraine on March 5 was gratuitously cruel. This was in addition to his stopping of all military...

BOB BROWN: The Lifestyle You Live Influences Your Brain

COL Tate, Chief of Chaplains at a military installation, was referred to Mental Health for a Command Evaluation. No one wants to be commanded...

FRED FIRST: Turtle-Rabbits in Mid-Missouri

I saw my first three-dimensional nine-banded armadillo this week. We saw them 50 years ago, only as we neared Biloxi, on the coast (of...