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ROBERT L. MARONIC: Barack and Michelle Obama Are Neither Apes Nor Monkeys

I read an article from the BBC on February 6 entitled, "Trump says he 'didn't see' part of video with racist clip depicting Obamas as apes," which was written...

BOB BROWN: AGING POETICALLY, PART I

Too often, the human race is a race against time. Until recently, I was a...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Twenty Reasons For Regime Change in Iran

1. The kidnapping of 66 Americans at the U.S. embassy in Tehran on November 4, 1979,...

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...

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

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

Medellin, City of Eternal Spring

by John Robinson You can't beat street food, and this place is no exception. I love the  almojabanos, which are rolls with warm, gooey...

Making it Right

by Keith McCurdy To this day I still remember what my mother would make me do when I got into a fight with my...

My Advice: Avoid The Stroke

by Joe Kennedy Having a stroke can change your life. You can trust me on this. My stroke in February 2009 left me with a...

Whatever Happened to Civility?

by Hayden Hollingsworth Can you remember the time when men opened doors for women, when random acts of kindness received a friendly wave or...

The View from the Mountain by Rev. Barkley Thompson

In 2008 I participated in Washington National Cathedral’s pilgrimage to Iona, a tiny island in the Inner Hebrides off the western coast of...

So You Think Winter is Really Over?

by Mary Jo Shannon Julius Caesar was warned, “Beware the Ides of March.” We had no such warning for the Ides of March, 1993....