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ROBERT L. MARONIC: When Is Trump’s Promise To Iran That “Help Is On The Way” Finally Going To Happen?

There was a horrific, chaotic carnage in the streets of Iran during a nationwide protest on January 8 and 9. Tens of thousands of unarmed protesters were shot dead in an indiscriminate slaughter...

FRED FIRST: Missouri’s Capitol City: First-Time Tourist

I could not possibly do justice to my first visit a half hour south of...

BOB BROWN: The Triumph of Terrible Feelings Over Judgment

Today, our way of life is dominated by powerful, fast-moving, extreme emotions — especially anger,...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: President Trump Owes The UK An Apology

I read a disturbing and disquieting article in the New York Times on January 23 entitled,...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) Is a Defeatist

I read an article in the New York Post by Emily Crane on January 26 entitled,...

Moveable Media

Around 1450, Johannes Gutenberg had his first moveable-type printing press in operation.  It has been widely hailed as one of the most significant...

Washington’s Gift to the People: $620 Billion in New Taxes

The ‘national debt’ of .4 trillion is simply the accumulated amount of money our federal government spends more than it collects. It isn’t...

Rock Fishin’ in the Chesapeake

We're all set now, and I guess it's about time since it's taken us three hours to get to this point. The rods are...

Learning One’s (Hometown) Station In Life

I'm not sure whether I should feel miffed or simply laugh. The other day I was perusing a certain "social utility network". (Think apps...

2013, A Time to Grow Up?

In all your official acts, self interest shall be cast into oblivion…return to the way of the Great Law which is just and...

Congress Works Overtime to Deliver the Pork

Recently politicians have been haggling over the avoidance of the ‘Fiscal Cliff’. The uncertainty has affected business activity, has created stress and anxiety...