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ROBERT L. MARONIC: When Is Trump’s Promise To Iran That “Help Is On The Way” Finally Going To Happen?

There was a horrific, chaotic carnage in the streets of Iran during a nationwide protest on January 8 and 9. Tens of thousands of unarmed protesters were shot dead in an indiscriminate slaughter...

FRED FIRST: Missouri’s Capitol City: First-Time Tourist

I could not possibly do justice to my first visit a half hour south of...

BOB BROWN: The Triumph of Terrible Feelings Over Judgment

Today, our way of life is dominated by powerful, fast-moving, extreme emotions — especially anger,...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: President Trump Owes The UK An Apology

I read a disturbing and disquieting article in the New York Times on January 23 entitled,...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) Is a Defeatist

I read an article in the New York Post by Emily Crane on January 26 entitled,...

SCOT BELLAVIA: Told Ya So

“I hate to be the one to tell you ‘I told you so,’ but...” “No, you don’t. If you really hated to be the one,...

MELINDA MYERS: Be A Weather Watching Gardener

Each gardening season seems to offer new growing challenges. Our gardens are exposed to more drastic and variable weather with changing weather patterns. Floods,...

BOB BROWN: Suspension of Critical Judgment

The Sheriff of a nearby county, before DNA identification was available, urgently requested the assistance as a Forensic Psychiatrist.  He wanted a psychiatrist trained...

SCOTT DREYER: A Trump Supporter Explains Her Reasonings

Below are comments from a friend who wishes to remain anonymous, for employment reasons, on her support for Pres. Trump. Despite rumored threats of violence,...

DAWN CUSTALOW: “It’s Not Complicated – Just Love The One In Front of You . . .”

As a nation, we have been in shock and disbelief as we grieve the recent disasters of Hurricane Helene and now the fires raging...

SCOTT DREYER: 2024 In Review, “The Year The Fever Broke” (Part 2)

Part 1, for January-July, is here. AUGUST Democrats had their convention in Chicago. They took the grotesque, unprecedented step of having a mobile unit parked right...