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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...

More Physicians? Not the Answer

I recently attended a reception for those who have served as interviewers for prospective students at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine.  When...

Promises Made, Promises Broken, Rule Of Law, Just A Token

In his 2008-2009 campaign to capture the Presidency, Obama’s mantra was ‘hope and change.’ Promises were made such as transparency of government and the...

Of A Mind, Not Stentorian

 I'm not sure that anyone has used that word since Stephen Crane used it to describe artillery in The Red Badge of Courage. It...

A is for Apple – B is for Bees.

And C? That would be for Corporate Crops. Chemicals. Colony Collapse. Crap! It's getting worse. There were multiple reports this week in the United States...

The Beaver and The Bluejay

My wife, Sabrina, has a new love, but I’m not jealous. He only weighs a thousand grams, has the worst over-bite I’ve ever seen,...

Our Most Hated Agency

When have you ever heard a kind word about the Internal Revenue Service?  Here’s one. The Mensa society has a contest each year: ...