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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...

SILLY SCIENCE IV – Government, Madison Avenue and Wall Street

While my initial purpose in writing this series on ‘silly science’ was to tease the scientific atheists, I would be remiss if I ignored...

The Rise of Apathethic Capitulation

The photo on the front page of one of the nation’s leading newspapers was the likeness of a smiling, waving Bashar al-Assad of Syria....

Leadership by Words Alone Leads to Languor

By now, we should all be aware that retired Army General Eric Shinseki has resigned his post in the Obama administration as Secretary of...

The Folly of Finance by Government

It was shocking to read the headlines saying that the government is ‘backing off’ from the tight mortgage requirements for both Freddie Mac and...

Armageddon: Is It Here?

If we are capable of thinking beyond ourselves, one cannot help but be depressed about the state of the world. No matter where one...

Hope Springs Eternal

I thought about the first line of Alexander Pope's poem when drawn to write on the topic of hope. During my "research," I happened...