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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 about this tendency. The biblical story of David and Goliath, reported 3000 years ago,...

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,...

A Life Well-Lived: Shirley Padgett Lester (1947-2025)

Shirley Padgett Lester of Vinton went to her heavenly reward October 4. Below is the...

A Father’s Life – It Is to Weep

by Lucky Garvin Cailan tries to avoid practicing the saxophone.  This is the same child who, for weeks, threatened a hunger strike if he...

Recipe of the Week: Lamb Barley Soup

by Leigh Sackett Life can be so unpredictable! Have you ever felt that you have no idea AT ALL what the VERY next day...

Anti-Gravity Movement Gaining Momentum Across the USA!

by H. Bruce Rinker, Ph.D. House Bill 1276, introduced in the Missouri House of Representatives on 11 January 2012 but not yet referred to...

Recipe of the Week: Snow Storm Pot Roast

by Leigh Sackett I love cooking but there are some things that take precedent- LIKE SNOW! As I beheld the beauty of last Sunday’s glorious snowfall,...

The Halt And The Lame

byLucky Garvin There are trip wires in our days; some set to such a low tension that we don’t feel them snag our feet....

Can’t A Guy Just Celebrate His Birthday?

byMike Keeler George Washington was born on February 11, 1731. At least, that was the date on the Julian calendar then in use in...