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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,...

Would You Kiss A Skeptic Under Your Mistletoe?

Sometimes being a scientist is like a curse. As a scientist, I’m ever skeptical, filled with doubt even about the most seemingly mundane observations and...

The Dark Shading of a Beautiful Christmas by George C. Anderson

The Advent and Christmas passages in Luke are beautiful, but they are not pretty in the ways that decorated trees with wrapped presents...

A Perspective on Inspiration

I think the impact of being inspired is under-rated.  While I spend a lot of time thinking about what moves me and what moves the...

The Recipe of the Week from The Happy Chef: Christmas Morning Breakfast

I have always been fascinated with the little Christmas decorations that adorn the inside of a home. I guess I like small pretty...

Home: Settled In For Our Second Ten

They gave us six months. That’s what I heard years later from the long-time residents along our road who watched us renovate the old...

Nothing Beats a Trip to the Department of Motor Victims

Everyone, despite their disposition, has some sort of task that they dread completing more than any other mundane mission.  Some fear public speaking, others...