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ROBERT L. MARONIC: How To Win The War In Iran?

The US military cannot win the war in Iran for the Iranian people. The victory must come from the Iranian people themselves, especially the same young and middle-aged anti-government protesters, who courageously risked their lives and...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Labor Prime Minister Keir Starmer Is A Disappointment And Disgrace

Labor Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who increasingly reminds me of the antithesis of former Conservative Prime...

BOB BROWN: Peace of Mind: The Logic of an Anchor, Part 1 of III

In 1953, an attractive, intelligent young medical student, one year ahead of me at the...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: The Democratic Party’s Revolution By Illegal Immigration

I read an insightful op-ed about illegal immigration during the Biden administration in The New York...

FRED FIRST: On Eagle’s Wings

This is an excerpt from a continuing story of finding home. Much comes before; and...

Preacher’s Corner by Donna Hopkins Britt

We can be very attached to places, like a home, or town, or house of worship … these places have significance beyond the...

The Happy Chef – Nestled Egg Muffins

by Leigh Sackett I love Easter and as my children get older it is refreshing that their Easter experience is more about the activities that...

This Land Goes on Forever: A Letter Home From the Family Farm

by Fred First If the children of Southwest Virginia don’t grow up with strong ties to place, they will be less likely to strive...

Lessons From Okuma: An Energy Strategy for 2050 and Beyond

by H. Bruce Rinker, Ph.D. For years, I have advocated the use of nuclear power as an interim action to wean society at-large from...

A Perspective on Global Community

by Stephanie Koehler I will start this by admitting that I don’t’ know anyone in Japan.  While I know a few people who have traveled...

Miz Flora and Miz Anderson

by Lucky Garvin Miz Flora. She would come to our emergency department perhaps two or three times per week. At fifty years of age, she...