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BECKY MAUPIN: Overwhelmed Doesn’t Mean Ungrateful

If you’re on social media for any amount of time, you pretty quickly see that there is mixed content. Some of it is positive and gives you really good...

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...

FRED FIRST: Approaching the Longest Night

Yes, you’re right—if you’ve even noticed—that this space has been neglected for some weeks now,...

What’s In A Word?

A "salver" is just a glorified tray. The word comes from the Latin "salvare" which means to save something or to prove something...

The Hollow of His Hand

(From years ago)  I am old and long in harness.  For twenty-seven years, emergency medicine has been my life. I began practice when I was...

Unfettered Spending Moving America Closer to The Cliff

Will Rogers once opined, “If you’re riding ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then to make sure it’s...

Vocation – Choose Wisely

I recently read about the huge unemployment figures in Italy, standing now at 11.7%.  Even as disturbing was the comment that Italians choose...

And It Was Still Hot . . .

These are Maurice Sendak's parting words in one of my favorite books of all time, Where the Wild Things Are. What made me think about...

You Are The Protagonist Of Your Own Life

This new "column thing" I find myself doing really started a year and a half ago from short e-mails and texts to my...