back to top

Columnists

BOB BROWN: Journey to the Promised Land of Health

Robert Francis Kennedy, Jr., also known by his initials RFK Jr., is the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services. He is a member of the Kennedy family, a...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Iran Is Playing Trump Like A Chump

Since Ayatollah Khomeini seized power on February 11, 1979, after the exile of the Shah of Iran the...

FRED FIRST: Lonesome Highway: Hurry Up and Wait

If you don't know where you're going, how will you know when you get there? We...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: The CBS Evening News Made Me Cry A River Of Tears

I was watching the CBS Evening News, co-hosted by John Dickerson and Maurice Dubois on April 17,...

DAWN CUSTALOW: American Travelers – A Cautionary Tale

My cultural underpinnings were first rooted in my Indian reservation in Virginia, yet my world...

The Success and Waste of Student Loans and Grants

During an interview, David Farr, CEO of Emerson Electric commented, “We’ve got a whole thrust in this country of “Everyone goes to college. Wrong –...

Life Is So Beautiful, It Hurts (“My Messy Beautiful”)

I am ever grateful for my job which is part-time at the moment. My income is far from impressive but what it gives me...

Holding Hands Forever More

I am in awe of my in-laws, Sonny and Verlon. I followed behind them the other day; they were holding hands.  They began holding...

On Memory, Wisdom and Tatoos (Or My How Things Change)

Several weeks ago, Jordan, a friend of my son Michael, added a photo to his Facebook page. The photo showed Jordan's girlfriend, Lauren, with...

Losing Your Mind?

I recently saw a bumper sticker that read, “Of All the Things I Have Lost, I Miss my Mind the Most.”  After the brief...

The Predictable Onslaught of Obamacare

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was to be the crowning achievement of President Obama when he signed it into law March 23,...