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ROBERT L. MARONIC: President Trump Is Fighting The Last War – Part I

I think that President Trump's plan to build a “new class of American-designed battleships that will be the most lethal surface combatants ever constructed,” which was announced on December 22, is a BIG mistake.  That...

SCOTT DREYER: Conduct Your “Year In Review”

James Clear, in his award-winning book Atomic Habits, encourages his readers to conduct an annual...

FRED FIRST: Small Moments. Long Life

Images: In our eyes. On our minds. From our memories. Conjured in our dreams. Right...

BOB BROWN: Decoding the New “Structure of Feeling”

This is the time to marshal up hope for the New Year. Hope is wanting...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: The Heroism Of Ahmed Al-Ahmed At Bondi Beach In Sydney, Australia

Not all Muslims are bad people. In fact, most Muslims are good and decent people....

The Tale of The Fate of The Signers

One of the readers of this weekly column forwarded the following message. The information  has not been checked or verified but is from a...

A Southerner Bids Adieu to Maine

As a native Virginian, I have endured three years of self-imposed exile in the Yankee wilds of coastal Maine. I’ve lived (barely) through three ghastly...

The Tectonic Shift from Democracy to Autocracy

There must be some compelling reason why several million people continue to support the Presidency of Barack Hussein Obama. However, there may be a...

Surf Fishing For The Big Ones

If you go to the beach this summer you should know about something that’s happening at night down near the water. I’m not talking about...

Farewell Roanoke and Thanks for the Memories – Joe Kennedy

I should have left Roanoke when I retired seven years ago. But I didn't.  Lack of imagination, I guess. Now I am planning to move to...

Homeward Bond

I thought of the song "Homeward Bound" by Simon and Garfunkel as I was traveling to my childhood home recently to empty its contents...