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BOB BROWN: Journey to the Promised Land of Health

Robert Francis Kennedy, Jr., also known by his initials RFK Jr., is the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services. He is a member of the Kennedy family, a...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Iran Is Playing Trump Like A Chump

Since Ayatollah Khomeini seized power on February 11, 1979, after the exile of the Shah of Iran the...

FRED FIRST: Lonesome Highway: Hurry Up and Wait

If you don't know where you're going, how will you know when you get there? We...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: The CBS Evening News Made Me Cry A River Of Tears

I was watching the CBS Evening News, co-hosted by John Dickerson and Maurice Dubois on April 17,...

DAWN CUSTALOW: American Travelers – A Cautionary Tale

My cultural underpinnings were first rooted in my Indian reservation in Virginia, yet my world...

Faux Praise and Low Expectations

Have you ever wondered if whether or not we praise our children for what really matters?  Are our efforts and monies spent on the...

Fragrant Forgiveness

As you may have surmised, I rather enjoy alliteration.  Today's title springs from a quote by Mark Twain I read recently, "Forgiveness is the...

“I Wouldn’t Take Nothin’ For Where I Been . . .”

The common understanding of the word ‘bookmark’ is that slip of paper we interpose into a book to de-mark a finished page and the...

“Bugs Rule!” – Ask the Nature Lady by Marlene A. Condon

An ideal choice for anyone who wants to learn about insects and their relatives is the new book, Bugs Rule!, published in late 2013...

Plenty of Great Adventure So Very Close To Home

"I haven't been there in years; it's been a really long time," is my feeble summation of when I last visited Natural Bridge. Marybeth...

Silly Science – Part I

Science is defined as ‘knowledge about or study of the natural world based on facts learned through experiments and observation.’ In truth, science creates...