back to top

Columnists

ROBERT L. MARONIC: The Ceasefire With Iran On April 7 Was Not A Big Win For The US

I think that President Trump made a great diplomatic mistake with Iran (brokered by duplicitous Pakistan) on April 7. If the Iranians said they had enough near-weapons-grade uranium to make eleven nuclear bombs...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: When The Papacy Becomes an A**

General Dwight D. Eisenhower issued a brief prayer on June 4, 1944, which was two days before...

BOB BROWN: While the World Slept: The Pathogens of Chaos, Part III: The Lyrical Enchantment

Several years ago, when Paul McCartney brought his legendary melodies to the foothills of Charlottesville,...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Congressional Republicans Know This War Is Going Well

I read a defeatist op-ed in the New York Times entitled," Republicans Know This War Is Going Badly." It was...

JOHNNY ROBINSON: Keep it Fun

It was a while back, maybe twenty years ago. I was setting up for an...

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...

Remembering Miss Ethel

by Mary Jo Shannon I believe that certain people come into our lives at particular times for particular reasons, of which neither they nor we...