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ROBERT L. MARONIC: Bring Back The War Department

President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave a prescient and heartfelt speech in Chautauqua, New York, on August 14, 1936, about the tragedy and horrors of war.  Reflecting upon his own experience as...

FRED FIRST: Changing of the Guard

The theme for the Lenoir Words Writers Group this month is AUTUMN. And since I...

BOB BROWN: The Truth About Lying

Everyone lies! That’s the truth. Most people are relatively honest most of the time. The average...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Hurricane Erin Is Our Future – Part II

Unfortunately, the U.S. is not the only country experiencing climate change. It is a global...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Hurricane Erin Is Our Future – Part I

I read a prescient and depressing article in the Associated Press written by Danica Coto on August 16,...

A Thimbleful of Humility

by H. Bruce Rinker, Ph.D. It underlies the celebrated cathedrals of the world.  It underlies the Pyramids of Giza, the Great Wall of China,...

Terra Sapiens: On Our Beholding to the Soil

by Fred First After a recent and welcomed early spring rain, I stood in the soggy garden and stirred aimlessly with my boot at...

Japan and Our Reaction

by Hayden Hollingsworth I recently came across an article in Newsweek entitled, “The Myth of Gracefully Growing Old.”  The title says it all: it is...

Here’s A Little Serving Of Mashed History

by Mike Keeler The Andes were not made for farming.  It’s cold and rainy, and the soil is rocky and thin.  But when the...

The Trinity Tree by Stuart Revercomb

"I will lift up my eyes to the mountains, from whence cometh my help . . ."  Psalm 121:1 This is one of my...

“What Type of Parent Am I?”

by Keith McCurdy I heard a great quote the other day: “Having children may make you a parent, but it doesn’t make you good at...