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ROBERT L. MARONIC: Why Were The U.S. Flags At Half-Mast On Saturday, April 26?

There is no phrase in the U.S. Constitution that explicitly uses the phrase "separation of church and state." However, the First Amendment, which is also known as the Establishment...

BOB BROWN: Journey to the Promised Land of Health

Robert Francis Kennedy, Jr., also known by his initials RFK Jr., is the United States...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Iran Is Playing Trump Like A Chump

Since Ayatollah Khomeini seized power on February 11, 1979, after the exile of the Shah of Iran the...

FRED FIRST: Lonesome Highway: Hurry Up and Wait

If you don't know where you're going, how will you know when you get there? We...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: The CBS Evening News Made Me Cry A River Of Tears

I was watching the CBS Evening News, co-hosted by John Dickerson and Maurice Dubois on April 17,...

There – That Was a Monster . . . Wasn’t It?

Somewhere, in a forest near you, the MonsterQuest team is searching the underbrush for something abnormal, something monstrous.  Unfortunately, the likelihood of these folks...

Groundhog Update: Captivity Going Almost Famously for “Big Boy” and “Baby”

What if you were a rehabber of everything feathered and furred? What if you received two groundhogs who preferred inside to outside, and deplored...

Between A Rock and A Tree

My dad was a hard-case -  no doubt. Build a garage, dig a sewage line, whatever it was, he never hired it out; he...

Where is Your Money Going?

It is no secret that the American people are facing a very tough economic climate. Families and small businesses are cutting back on...

Preacher’s Corner: The Bread of Life: What Is It?

When the Israelites saw it, they said to one another, “What is it?”   “For the bread of God is that which comes down from...

The Miracle of Roanoke’s “Lost Boys” of Sudan

Eight years ago members of my church, Raleigh Court Presbyterian, noticed tall, lanky young black men walking along Grandin Road. Upon learning they were...