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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...

You Should See What is Just Over the Mountains

I guess even today the substantial mountain ridges to the west of us inhibit travel in that direction. You know, we just don't seem...

Winners and Losers

No, this is not a piece about the Super Bowl or all the antics surrounding it.  It’s not even about ACC basketball and the...

Big Government: The Intransigence of Tyranny

Commentators, columnists, newscasters, syndicated columnists and political experts (that’s an oxymoron) all seem to have guessed the content of the annual ‘State of The...

Here’s To A Little Mud In Your Life

Last Friday evening my dear sister, Margaret drove from Virginia Beach to visit for the weekend.  Due to a long traffic delay she did...

Whose Guest?

"Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in." -  Robert Frost I hope you had some...

Doctors and Courtesy

Common courtesy is becoming uncommon.  Holding doors, carrying packages, tipping the hat, escorting vulnerable people was commonly the responsibility of men.  Men took pride...