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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...

Swing Low Once Semi-Sweet Voice of Mine

There was an early time in my life when I could render a tune passably.  My voice wasn’t bad. I guess it came of...

Bumps, Pockmarks, Scars, and Slicks on a Forlorn Planet

This article was inspired by colleague David Guggenheim, president of Ocean Doctor, a nonprofit organization based in Washington, DC and dedicated to protecting and...

Natural Disasters

As Mark Twain said, “Everyone complains about the weather, but no one does anything about it.”  Too bad that we can’t because we have...

In Praise Of Peonies

Few cut flowers surpass peonies for sheer beauty, and in some varieties, scent. Their voluminous blossoms packed with silken petals make exquisite arrangements. In...

A Saga of Valor: Overstreet Over There

The 17-year old graduate of Clifton Forge High School, class of 1938 landed a job in Charleston, WV. The position dealt with the cost...

Grief, You Lied To Me

My dear friend, Jacquie, shared this provocative expression with me when we reunited last week. It leapt off the page of her journal, written in...