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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,...

Only Three More Weeks!

That’s how long before we can end The Blame Game of Politics.  Before dark has settled on the evening of November 2, the...

Livin’ On Church Hill

It’s a warm fall day –Indian Summer- and the breeze follows me as I swing open the creaky door and ascend the staircase....

Used Cars and Teachable Moments

A few months ago I purchased a used car.  It wasn’t a particularly life changing event and yet it brought back a lesson I learned...

Cheeseburger Soup

Halloween is pure excitement - an adrenaline rush, and then on top of that a sugar rush! So on Halloween night a good...

An Unfortunate, Untimely Failure of Orthodoxy

How has Orthodoxy impacted our environment?  In other words, can Orthodoxy be credited with any positive or negative developments in our historic relationship...

Chicken Tales: Fowl Language Warning

Yesterday, fall was in the air. Â I sat down in the maple shade of mid-afternoon with my legs full out on the...