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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,...

America—Land of Opportunity?

That’s what we always hear but it depends on a lot of things.  Where you were born, did you get an education, did you...

Tales of Abuse & Waste in The Land of Abundance

A recent report listed claims related to the disastrous BP Gulf Oil Spill in 2010. Payments were made from a $20 billion BP fund...

What Do We Do Now, Now That We’re Happy?

So Estragon poses to Vladmir in the iconic play, “Waiting for Godot.”  This question really struck me when listening to excerpts in a recent...

The Curious Birder – by Maureen Eiger / Stretch Your Bird Food Budget

I feed birds all year round but this winter I will need to put out more feeders. Why? Remember the crazy weather we had...

Merger Of The Finn And The American

That’s what my new grandson-in-law, Tero Ronkainen, entitled the PowerPoint presentation he gave in lieu of a speech at the reaffirmation of his wedding...

Transitional Blessings

I believe there to be a distinction between a completed and a transitional blessing. A completed blessing might be the birth of a baby,...