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ROBERT L. MARONIC: Annex Ukraine Now

Steve Witkoff, acting as personal envoy for President Trump, first met with Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the Russo-Ukrainian War on February 23. His most recent meeting, accompanied by Jared Kushner,...

BECKY MAUPIN: Overwhelmed Doesn’t Mean Ungrateful

If you’re on social media for any amount of time, you pretty quickly see that...

BOB BROWN: When the Underdog Bites Has Rabies, and a Mean Owner

We have a strong human urge to identify with the “underdog.” There is nothing new...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Is Phase Two Of Trump‘s Peace Plan In The Gaza Strip Doomed To Fail? – Part II

Unfortunately, Trump’s present ceasefire as of October 9 is analogous to the armistice signed between...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Is Phase Two Of Trump‘s Peace Plan In The Gaza Strip Doomed To Fail? – Part I

Phase one of Trump‘s twenty-point peace plan in the Gaza Strip, which began on October...

When War Was Understandable

In reading the history of war over the centuries there have been huge changes.  When the long bow was invented it was widely...

Does Government Accountability Operate in A Vacuum?

On Monday, April 15th, 2013, the 117th running of the Boston Marathon was the highlight of Patriot’s Day in Massachusetts, won by an...

A Day of Insanity

Well, 68 Senators had the good sense to at least talk about the gun problem; not that that guarantees results.  It may be...

A Wooden Spoon In The Cauldron of My Soul

The above title describes the effect the documentary, Girl Rising, had on me. I saw it for the first time last Friday night at...

Government 101: Why It Doesn’t Work

By its very nature, a bureaucracy discourages and suppresses creativity and innovation. Both political and commercial bureaucracies are predisposed to achieve a modicum...

Sensing The Holiness Of Birth And Death

Birth and death are two experiences common to all human beings – and yet no one can remember either. To be present as...