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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...

SCOT BELLAVIA: First Week With the Third-Born

Day 1: (At the hospital) These pangs are worse than I remember. I am never doing this to my wife again. Heh, as if avoidance...

DENNIS GARVIN: Burnout Antidote

We hear more every day about burnout. I see it in the practice of medicine. One can point out some obvious reasons: Loss of...

BOB BROWN: The Healing Power of Kindness and Truth

"This patient is uncooperative, has barely spoken since hospital admission two weeks ago, and is at a high risk of escape and suicide.” The conference...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Congressional Democratic Opposition To DOGE is Financial Lunacy

There has only been one modern economic calamity in the U.S. worse than the Great Recession of 2008. That was the Great Depression of...

SCOTT DREYER: Tribute to Jane Dreyer

On Saturday, February 8, 2025, my mother at age 93 went to be with the Lord Jesus in whom she put her trust way...

DAWN CUSTALOW: Living Abroad – The Beginnings of an Expat’s Life Experiences

A junior year of studying abroad at the University of Barcelona, Spain was my first experience living outside of the United States.  Nine months...