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BOB BROWN: Journey to the Promised Land of Health

Robert Francis Kennedy, Jr., also known by his initials RFK Jr., is the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services. He is a member of the Kennedy family, a...

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,...

DAWN CUSTALOW: American Travelers – A Cautionary Tale

My cultural underpinnings were first rooted in my Indian reservation in Virginia, yet my world...

Preacher’s Corner: Circumstantial Evidence

I’m no lawyer, but I know circumstantial evidence when I see it, especially when it comes to the circumstances of faith. Simply put,...

Newfoundland Awaits

It’s a six-hour ferry ride from North Sydney to Port-aux-Basque. The schedule is sporadic in the summer, and non-existent the remainder of the year....

Snake Tales: In League Wit Da Debil

I wouldn’t step foot in that pasture again ‘til there’s snow on the ground if I were you” a concerned Floyd County neighbor told...

Misleading Fiscal Planning Means State Budget Cuts or Tax Increases are Coming

The state budget is leaking money like a sieve once again, and that means renewed calls for either cuts in services or increases in...

Tolerance, Understanding and Coloring Outside the Lines

By now most of you are probably familiar with the events that unfolded last week on the market, when a group of people decided...