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ROBERT L. MARONIC: Pope Leo XIV Needs To Shut Up About The US-Israeli War Against Genocidal Iran – Part I

It is estimated that an unbelievable 30,000 to 36,000 teenage, young, and middle-aged protesters were shot dead with impunity or executed in the streets of Iran on January 8 and 9. The nationwide protests began incrementally and accelerated...

BECKY MAUPIN: Still Tired?

“There is no way to be a perfect mother, and a million ways to be...

BOB BROWN: The Great Unhinging: A Clinical Emergency

We live in an age where the "tranquility of trivia"—a peace bought with endless, unimportant...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: The First Lady Of New York City Is A Vile Anti-Semite – Part II

According to the New York Post, Duwaji posted seventy times where she “took extreme positions against Israel and its supporters,” according to...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: The First Lady Of New York City Is A Vile Anti-Semite – Part I

I read a despondent article in The New York Post entitled, “Mamdani’s Wife Rama Duwaji Liked Post Calling Oct....

A Mountain of Butts and One “What If”

Today I’m angry. During my 10-minute drive to work this morning, I watched no less than three individuals flick their still-smoking cigarette butts out...

The Recipe of the Week from The Happy Chef: Easter Nest Cake

Oh my GOODNESS! I found this on Delish.com and I had to put it in the Happy Chef right away so that all...

Remembering Hank Hamrick

Twenty-five years ago my father passed way in his bed on Long Island. Last week I lost another father.  Hank Hamrick, my wife Janet's...

Persistence and Passion Help Local Writer Win Honors At Hollins

Thirty years ago Elizabeth Matthews Jones began a journey that will be completed in May when she graduates, Magna Cum Laude, from Hollins University,...

If You Don’t Want to Quack, Don’t Hang Out With the Ducks!

I heard a great joke the other day from a 6 year old.  He asked “What happens when you hang out with a lot of...

The Carilion Questions

Now there’s a title that can lead in many directions!  In the last three decades few hospital systems have undergone the growth spurt that...