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ROBERT L. MARONIC: President Trump Is Fighting The Last War – Part I

I think that President Trump's plan to build a “new class of American-designed battleships that will be the most lethal surface combatants ever constructed,” which was announced on December 22, is a BIG mistake.  That...

SCOTT DREYER: Conduct Your “Year In Review”

James Clear, in his award-winning book Atomic Habits, encourages his readers to conduct an annual...

FRED FIRST: Small Moments. Long Life

Images: In our eyes. On our minds. From our memories. Conjured in our dreams. Right...

BOB BROWN: Decoding the New “Structure of Feeling”

This is the time to marshal up hope for the New Year. Hope is wanting...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: The Heroism Of Ahmed Al-Ahmed At Bondi Beach In Sydney, Australia

Not all Muslims are bad people. In fact, most Muslims are good and decent people....

Finding Your Voice – Telling Your Story

It’s often the most unexpected experiences that send me reeling. On a whim I found myself at a Sunday afternoon screening of “It Might Get...

Persistence, Passion, and Discipline

It is interesting how words can come to personify an individual.  When you encounter such a person, one is well advised to pay close...

Beware Lest You Google Yourself . . .

Have you ever Googled yourself?  For those of our readers who are not computer savvy, please understand that I am referring to the Internet...

The Recipe of the Week from The Happy Chef: Scary Pirate Pear Heads

My children are seven and eight. What a fun age! I have lots of wonderful friends but these two friends are certainly the...

A Matter of Perspective

Have you ever thought that what you choose to think about can significantly affect your experience of life?  Unemployment is nearing 10 percent,...

A Perspective on Celebrity

While I was not one of the people caught up in the 3 hour  “Balloon Boy” drama that played out on live TV last...