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ROBERT L. MARONIC: The First Lady Of New York City Is A Vile Anti-Semite – Part I

I read a despondent article in TheNew York Post entitled, “Mamdani’s Wife Rama Duwaji Liked Post Calling Oct. 7 Hamas Rapes Of Israelis A 'Mass Hoax': Report.”The afflicting article was co-written by Rich Calder and Doree Lewak and...

BOB BROWN: Peace of Mind, Part III: The Secure Attachment

In the conclusion of this series, I find myself looking back at a specific decade...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: The US Is Already An Empire – Part II

New York Times columnist Ross Douthat observed in a highly accurate op-ed entitled “The American Empire in Retreat,”...

FRED FIRST: There And Back Again

RECAP: I would be able to visit southwest Virginia again--home for almost 40 years, and...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: The US Is Already An Empire – Part I

I read a misinformed article in the New York Times on February 27, which was written by Edward Wong. The article’s title was “Trump’s Foreign Policy:...

Believing What You Know Ain’t So

I came across this Mark Twain quote on faith in a predictably circuitous fashion. For some reason, I recently searched for two professors I...

Sentinel Crows

One winter several years ago I noticed that every day, after I had filled my bird feeders, a flock of crows would come to...

The Primacy of Elder Trees

In late January, Bart Bouricius, a long-time friend and colleague in Costa Rica called me to report two exciting news items. He had just...

Inequality: By Default or Design?

The first paragraph of the Declaration of Independence, made public on July 4, 1776, refers to the “Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God.”...

Taking My Place Upon The Dusty Shelf

It is an honor beyond comment to have The Roanoke Academy of Medicine determine I should receive the Lifetime Achievement Award. Looking back, there is...

Time to Gather Your Tax Forms

Now that the endless flyers promoting post-Christmas bargains are dwindling in the mail box, the vacant space is being filled with large envelops with...