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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:...

Forgiveness Part II

I had written a previous commentary published in The Roanoke Star about forgiveness, not knowing that a tragic contrast would underscore what I had...

Why Go To Church?

I find it interesting that just a few minutes before starting to work on this sermon I received a communication from a friend who...

Guns: A Little History And A Proposal

Don’t worry . . . this is not my usual rant about the problem of guns. If there is an argument on either side...

Hillary as Conniver-in-Chief

In order to achieve high office in business, government or any other field, you must first have self confidence. It also helps if candidates...

The Charleston Tragedy

At the usual warp speed of demagoguery, the tragedy of the Charleston church shootings is being used to support the points of view held...

The Seeds of Salvation

PSALM 65: 1-3, 9-13 MATTHEW 13: 1-17 Our New Testament reading this morning brings us some pretty challenging words from Jesus. Our law and love...