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ROBERT L. MARONIC: Does Putin Consider Ukraine Russian Territory? If So, U.S. Negotiations Are In Trouble

President Putin, aka Vladimir the Terrible, is a second-world money-mongering autocrat, who commands the largest stockpile of nuclear warheads (5,449) in the world. Like his ally Islamic-fascist Iran, oil...

ANDY PITZER: Not-So-Trivial Geography

The absence of geography courses in American elementary and secondary school curriculums these days is...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest On July 4th Is An Ode To Gluttony

Joey Chestnut, 41, who is 6’1”, surprisingly only 230 pounds, and a personification of gluttony, won...

BOB BROWN: Lost and Found

All of us encounter loss. The meaning we attribute to loss influences our response to...

FRED FIRST: Where You’re From

In the very early years of writing, I was exposed to a poem called “Where...

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...