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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...

Lifting The Tractor of Ego

This is more a memory than a story. It has no lesson, no display of wisdom. It’s merely something that occurred during my medical...

A Certainty About Things Absent

Years ago, while studying philosophy and theology in an Order of Franciscan Friars, I came across a striking reference to Hugh of Saint Victor...

Jobs to Fill; Change Your Skill!

A close friend needed an additional administrative employee at the company where he worked in Maryland. Interviewing candidates, he decided on a lady that...

Panhandling

It’s interesting to think about how words came into being. Here’s one that is rarely used today: mendicant. Ask someone what he does for...

The Thing About Trains… It Doesn’t Matter Where They’re Going

 . . .  What matters is deciding to get on." I laughed out loud when I heard this line spoken by the conductor in "The...

Jeopardy

Here’s a Jeopardy question for you: The category is “Housing;” the answer is “Girls in Crisis.” The question is “Who is Florence Crittenton?” It’s...