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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...

The Wacky Art of Unicycling

When I was a kid, about 12 years old, my grandmother -bless her- gave me a unicycle for Christmas. I found it ridiculously difficult...

Productivity Is Paramount

Every government, large and small, every company from a one-person operation to vast international corporate empires must be efficient in their performance. All charitable...

Ask The Nature Lady – The Eastern Screech Owl

The Eastern Screech Owl (Megascops asio) is only about 8½ inches long. Most Virginia screech owls are red, but you do occasionally see gray-brown,...

Hunting For Sabbath

“You know you can’t hunt in Virginia on Sunday Dad.” My oldest daughter was sitting at the breakfast table with the State of Virginia Hunting...

The Curious Birder – Ducks Don’t Bake

For some people it’s a family tradition to take their kids to the local pond or river and feed bread to the ducks and...

Parenting Myths

I was asked a great question recently by a very frustrated parent…..”Why does Billy keep doing this?”  I realized based on the confused look...