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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...

Wild Bill’s Sports Roundup!

Oh, goodness. I think I'm hearing some slurred chirping coming from The Chief's office. Not sure, but I think The Chief's Perfect Polly may need...

Believing What You Know Ain’t So

I came across this Mark Twain quote on faith in a predictably circuitous fashion. For some reason, I recently searched for two professors I...

Sentinel Crows

One winter several years ago I noticed that every day, after I had filled my bird feeders, a flock of crows would come to...

The Primacy of Elder Trees

In late January, Bart Bouricius, a long-time friend and colleague in Costa Rica called me to report two exciting news items. He had just...

Inequality: By Default or Design?

The first paragraph of the Declaration of Independence, made public on July 4, 1776, refers to the “Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God.”...

Taking My Place Upon The Dusty Shelf

It is an honor beyond comment to have The Roanoke Academy of Medicine determine I should receive the Lifetime Achievement Award. Looking back, there is...