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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,...

Thinking Soda? Think Again!

Liquid calories are the ones most of us never consider but the ones that may contribute to major health problems. According to their...

Women In War

I just watched The History Channel, “Women in War”, focusing on the Civil War. For an hour I watched the exploits of black...

Ask the Nature Lady -Winter Birds

One fall day as I was eating lunch at the kitchen table and looking out the sliding glass doors, two birds came zooming in...

How The Government Spends Our Bucks

Sometimes the size and scope of the federal budget can be so overwhelming it's hard to comprehend. And with so much pre-election chatter,...

Do We Need A Better Juggler?

The President of the United States must be a skilled ‘juggler’ -  not of balls but of serious issues of both national and...

The World’s Largest Corn Maze!

 One of the great things about the Internet is that marketing claims just don't have to be defensible. For example, just google up...