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ROBERT L. MARONIC: Why Were The U.S. Flags At Half-Mast On Saturday, April 26?

There is no phrase in the U.S. Constitution that explicitly uses the phrase "separation of church and state." However, the First Amendment, which is also known as the Establishment...

BOB BROWN: Journey to the Promised Land of Health

Robert Francis Kennedy, Jr., also known by his initials RFK Jr., is the United States...

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,...

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...

Wanna Claw My Way Up To Middle Management

Why I thought of a Monster.com commercial from the late 90's during a devotion, I have no idea. The free associations in my mind...

“Invasive Plants”: A Book Review and Commentary

Even though I disagree with the premise that there are “invasive” plants, I must give high praise to the revised and updated second edition...

My First Kiss

From many years ago . . .   My thirteen-year-old son Cailan wanted to ask me some questions about, well…you know... girls and stuff. How...

Prostates and The Fickle Finger Of Fate

As a urologist, I perform a lot of male screening for prostate cancer.  Most men (except perhaps for us Citadel graduates) know that this...

Government Of, By and For The Government.”

The arrogance of government is now showing through with blinding glare. The ‘rollout’ of the Affordable Care Act is a defining failure of an...