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ROBERT L. MARONIC: The US Is Already An Empire – Part II

New York Times columnist Ross Douthat observed in a highly accurate op-ed entitled “The American Empire in Retreat,” which was written on September 4, 2021. According to Douthat, the US has three types of empires. He stated...

FRED FIRST: There And Back Again

RECAP: I would be able to visit southwest Virginia again--home for almost 40 years, and...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: The US Is Already An Empire – Part I

I read a misinformed article in the New York Times on February 27, which was written by Edward Wong. The article’s title was “Trump’s Foreign Policy:...

BOB BROWN: Peace of Mind, Part II: The Covenant Advocate

Some troubles are loud and obvious; others wear a white coat, earn high grades, and...

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...

A Father’s Diary #1

by Lucky Garvin Although my dear boy is now twenty-seven years old, he was once much younger; at which time the following  observations were...

Recipe of the Week: Ruby’s Liver Chip Cookies

by Leigh Sackett Dogs are such well loved creatures; the main reason, of course, being that they love us so well to begin with -...

One Spirit, One Body, One Church by Donna Hopkins Britt

Labrador retrievers were bred to swim; they have webbing between their toes to prove it.  At a farm, we would walk our Labs...

Riding the Hangzhou Express

by John Robinson The three gray-suited workers hover like bees over the gracefully-shaped nose of the most beautiful train I have ever seen. OK, so...

A Multi-Layered Tragedy

by Hayden Hollingsworth Everyone is in agreement about the terrible event in Tucson: It was a very public tragedy. How ironic that it should...

Nothing is Impossible

by Mary Jo Shannon One of the most inspiring women I have ever met was Frances Landers, a housewife from El Dorado, Arkansas who...