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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 keep showing up on time. In both cases, the mind can feel like an...

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...

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...

Local Doctors Overcome Adversity and Inspire

One of the services offered by WVTF, our National Public Radio affiliate, is little known:  Reading for the visually handicapped.  On a special...

A Little Latin Goes A Long Way

This essay is just a draft.  If it were final, it wouldn't contain the well-known phrase, lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci...

Turkey Wild Rice Soup

Leftovers, leftovers, what to do with all the leftovers! Well my favorite leftover cuisine is to mix turkey, mashed potatoes and stuffing into...

Taking in The Last Garden of 2010

I put away the garden of the summer of 2010 this morning. It was a fair year—more productive than some disastrous gardens we’ve had,...

The “Unassuming Craftsmen” are The Real Heroes

If you’ve never seen the movie, “The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn” with Sidney Poitier, you should. It’s a fascinating tale of an...

A Little Man

Jesus looked up and said to him, Zacchaeus, hurry and come down; for I must stay at your house today. Zacchaeus hears that Jesus...