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BOB BROWN: What is Real?

Often, an old song plays in my mind. I cannot identify the situations that bring lyrics and melodies into my awareness. Somehow, I am reassured and comforted by them. Say...

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...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest On July 4th Is An Ode To Gluttony

Joey Chestnut, 41, who is 6’1”, surprisingly only 230 pounds, and a personification of gluttony, won...

How Our Bureaucracy Works

According to my dictionary, a bureaucracy is a government run by bureaucrats. However, bureaucracies develop in most organizations where there are 25 or more...

“Weeds” for Wildlife

One of the best ways to obtain plants for wildlife is simply to allow “weeds” to grow. Many of these so-called weeds are quite...

The Foolishness of Furiously Fast Food

I was given a free coffee at McDonalds last week. The manager gave it to me because I had been standing in line for 4...

What’s in A Name?

When I was eight years old, I met a fellow named ‘Buggers.’ I assumed that was not his Christian name, rather he was likely...

Is my Child the Exception?

Is your child the exception to the rule?  They better be because at some point the myth that continues to be pushed on us...

Shinseki – An Unfortunate Casualty

Well, one thing John Boehner got right was his statement that the resignation of Eric Shinseki would not fix the mess at the VA. ...