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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...

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...

Making Big Assumptions by Stuart Revercomb

by Stuart Revercomb Our scripture from Mark 1:40-45 tells us that moved with pity, Jesus healed a leper and then sternly warned him, "See...

Beautiful Scenery, Love and Laughter In the Valley of the Rio Cauca

by John Robinson Ruben coaxes the veteran 4WD Mitsubishi van over the dirt and rock which has inundated this section of roadway; the vehicle...

Are Doctors Honest?

by Hayden Hollingsworth Last summer I wrote a column about the importance of accurate communication when a family member or loved one is ill. ...

Laughter – A Dose Of Good Medicine

by Mary Jo Shannon Some time ago I wrote a column about the practical joke gene that is apparently dominant in all Shannon males....