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ROBERT L. MARONIC: Bill Clinton’s Shameful Congratulations Of Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani – Part I

Far-left Democratic Socialist and Queens three-term assemblyman, Zohran Mamdani, won the Democratic primary on June 24, possibly to become the next New York City mayor on November 4. The charismatic candidate...

BOB BROWN: What is Real?

Often, an old song plays in my mind. I cannot identify the situations that bring...

FRED FIRST: Spiders I Have Worn

I see now how often what I chose to write about in my haphazard weekly...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Does Putin Consider Ukraine Russian Territory? If So, U.S. Negotiations Are In Trouble

President Putin, aka Vladimir the Terrible, is a second-world money-mongering autocrat, who commands the largest...

ANDY PITZER: Not-So-Trivial Geography

The absence of geography courses in American elementary and secondary school curriculums these days is...

What A Wonder Full World

After a fabulous Fourth, this song by Louis Armstrong popped into my head, and as I looked up the lyrics, I instantly recognized the...

“Emotions are Not to be Trusted!”

“Pursue your passion,” “Do what feels right,” “Go with what makes you happy,” and many other similar statements seem to permeate our current culture. ...

The Modern Day Zealot

This word derives from the Greek  zelotes which means ‘emulator’ or ‘follower’.  As a formal term, we first encounter zealots in the Bible (Simon...

A Childhood Discovery – The Dam

Had you stood with your back to our old, two-storied clapboard house in Stephentown, NY, you would have heard before you saw the tumultuous,...

The Rain Man

I peer over Sam's shoulder as he reaches through the green plastic hatch into a small space cluttered with valves and wires, hose clamps...

Stressed Out? Join the Crowd

Every now and then something catches the ear on National Public Radio that causes you to sit down and take notice. On Monday there...