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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...

The Pony Express

It’s been a while since I thought about the history of mail delivery. That any letter ever reached its destination was miraculous in previous...

Crunchy Meets Country III

Our day started with a bang. No really, an actual bang. My younger son-in-law had crawled out of his sleeping bag at dawn, pulled on...

The 2013 Parade of Politics, Persuasion and Posturing

Hostess Brands (Wonder Bread, Twinkies, etc.) spent eight of the last 11 years in Chapter 11 bankruptcy (reorganization). When union negotiations broke down, the...

Crunchy Meets Country – Part II

Last time we talked I was telling you about the thru-hikers we met while deer hunting. I’ll be the first to admit that the...

Our Fifth Doberman

I guess it happens to everyone ; get lost; go right when I should go left. I recall my first day in high school,...

Of Steroids and Athletes

What can we do about the current steroid issue in virtually all sports where money is generated and the athlete is paid? When we...