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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:...

Where is Nepal?

Recently when checking out of the K&W Cafeteria, Crossroads, I smiled, spoke to the cashier and detected a slight accent. I asked where the...

Finding Our Better Selves: Remembering Alison and Adam – by Joe Dashiel

It’s tough enough to come to work at two in the morning. It’s even harder to persuade other people to get up in time...

Taking Heart

“This climate stuff makes me feel like crap,” a relative told me, tossing aside some ecology mail he wanted nothing to do with. “I'm...

Reflections of A Former Darwinist

I am a reasonably educated man.  Valedictorian of my college class, honors graduate of medical school, product of a surgical subspecialty training program ranked...

Thor’s Second Chance

Several weeks ago, Sabrina and I witnessed a twisted irony. But before I tell you what happened, a brief word of preface: There was...

Thou Shall Not Hate

FIRST READING JAMES 1:17-27/ GOSPEL MARK 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23  Watching the tragic events unfold at Smith Mountain Lake, in which two of our local television reporters...