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ROBERT L. MARONIC: The First Lady Of New York City Is A Vile Anti-Semite – Part I

I read a despondent article in TheNew York Post entitled, “Mamdani’s Wife Rama Duwaji Liked Post Calling Oct. 7 Hamas Rapes Of Israelis A 'Mass Hoax': Report.”The afflicting article was co-written by Rich Calder and Doree Lewak and...

BOB BROWN: Peace of Mind, Part III: The Secure Attachment

In the conclusion of this series, I find myself looking back at a specific decade...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: The US Is Already An Empire – Part II

New York Times columnist Ross Douthat observed in a highly accurate op-ed entitled “The American Empire in Retreat,”...

FRED FIRST: There And Back Again

RECAP: I would be able to visit southwest Virginia again--home for almost 40 years, and...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: The US Is Already An Empire – Part I

I read a misinformed article in the New York Times on February 27, which was written by Edward Wong. The article’s title was “Trump’s Foreign Policy:...

The Muddle East

The ‘Arab Spring’ was supposed to wring all the evil from the Middle East, install generous and brilliant new leaders to the ‘rogue’ nations...

Addicted To Certainty

I found myself saying that I am this very thing to a dear friend after asking her for some advice in a particularly troubling...

The Problem With ‘Focus’ And Special Interest Groups

Our country has always had to deal with special interest groups.  In the Revolutionary War, it was Patriots versus Loyalists.  In the new republic...

Legacy of Turpitude

You may not have noticed but the President’s last State of the Union Address (SOTU) on January 12 was not really a presentation of...

My First Jobs: From Piracy To Church Soloist

When I was but a wee shaver, I never shared with my contemporaries the urge to be a cowboy, an Indian, a fireman or...

Called To What?

SECOND READING HEBREWS 5:1-10 / GOSPEL MARK 10:35-45 Well there’s that name again: “Melchizedek.” Even those who are fairly good at dwelling in their bibles as...