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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,...

The Last Straw!

by H. Bruce Rinker, Ph.D. Recently, I’ve wondered about our seeming national obsession with hand-sanitizers, plastic drinking straws, and other products of a pampered,...

Living to Die Well: A Legacy of Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Eric Metaxas, known for his impeccably researched and nuanced biographies, has produced another one worth the time a large book takes. It’s Bonhoeffer:...

A Perspective on Memory

Memory is a strange and interesting thing.  The mind has a fascinating way of protecting us from that which is too painful to...

Anthony’s Vegetable Casserole

Our idea of how things are or should be is often different from the reality that exists. I think we see this as...

To Arms! To Arms! The Battle for Middle-Earth Rages Anew!

Hollywood never had much hope for The Lord of the Rings.  It was "the book which could not be filmed."  But then in...

The Puzzle Of A Painting

After graduating from UVA Medical School, my son John joined the army to honor his R.O.T.C. commitment. He was stationed at Ft. Sam...