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BOB BROWN: AGING POETICALLY, PART I

Too often, the human race is a race against time. Until recently, I was a sprinter in this race. Nowadays, blessed by the gift of a long life, my...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Twenty Reasons For Regime Change in Iran

1. The kidnapping of 66 Americans at the U.S. embassy in Tehran on November 4, 1979,...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: When Is Trump’s Promise To Iran That “Help Is On The Way” Finally Going To Happen?

There was a horrific, chaotic carnage in the streets of Iran during a nationwide protest on January 8...

FRED FIRST: Missouri’s Capitol City: First-Time Tourist

I could not possibly do justice to my first visit a half hour south of...

BOB BROWN: The Triumph of Terrible Feelings Over Judgment

Today, our way of life is dominated by powerful, fast-moving, extreme emotions — especially anger,...

The Recipe of the Week from the Happy Chef: Scallops Risotto

Like 99.9% of all other Americans entering the New Year, I am on a health kick! But my resolution is not to start...

A Perspective on New Year’s Resolutions

  I have never been on for New Year’s resolutions.  It just seems like another thing to make me feel like I have “failed”...

Hiking Hadrian’s Wall with the Spirits of the Centurions

Eighteen-year-old Philip drives us to Cawfields, where we plan to begin our hike. We spent last night at his family’s 300-year-old stone farmhouse, and...

What’s in a Name?

Early in the academic year, I led my junior-level biology students into the forest behind North Cross School to identify some of the native...

A Tale of Two Historians

How does this sound for the beginning of a successful, productive life? You are scheduled to take holy orders, you study fervently and devotedly...

The Recipe of the Week from The Happy Chef: Nine Bean Soup

I went into my daughter’s room last night all full of emotion and I said with tears in my eyes, “I am going...