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ROBERT L. MARONIC: Does Putin Consider Ukraine Russian Territory? If So, U.S. Negotiations Are In Trouble

President Putin, aka Vladimir the Terrible, is a second-world money-mongering autocrat, who commands the largest stockpile of nuclear warheads (5,449) in the world. Like his ally Islamic-fascist Iran, oil...

ANDY PITZER: Not-So-Trivial Geography

The absence of geography courses in American elementary and secondary school curriculums these days is...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest On July 4th Is An Ode To Gluttony

Joey Chestnut, 41, who is 6’1”, surprisingly only 230 pounds, and a personification of gluttony, won...

BOB BROWN: Lost and Found

All of us encounter loss. The meaning we attribute to loss influences our response to...

FRED FIRST: Where You’re From

In the very early years of writing, I was exposed to a poem called “Where...

Recipe of the Week: Cream of Wild Mushroom Soup

by Leigh Sackett I know I have said in this column before but I will say it again -  summer is my favorite season! The...

Mother Monkey and Mother Cat by George C. Anderson

In a lecture I heard a couple of years ago, Dr. Margaret Mills contrasted the two main ways Christians understand grace with an...

The Intricate Geometry of Grief

by Lucky Garvin Just after midnight, the old lady heard her husband in distress. She got up to go to his bedroom, fell at...

Popular Photography: The Immortal Light of Our Age

by Fred First It is late October. The seasonal cycle governs our lives, indoors and out, as summer and autumn morph into one more...

Recipe of the Week: Slow-Cooked Brisket in Onion Gravy

by Leigh Sackett I like Halloween because it is simply of the senses. It requires a fun state of mind that is more than a...

The Dog And The Door

by Robert Adcox Most people love adventure, and they love dogs. That's going to come in handy in about a hundred words or so...