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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 and 9. Tens of thousands of unarmed protesters were shot dead in an indiscriminate slaughter...

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,...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: President Trump Owes The UK An Apology

I read a disturbing and disquieting article in the New York Times on January 23 entitled,...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) Is a Defeatist

I read an article in the New York Post by Emily Crane on January 26 entitled,...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: If I Were A Terrorist, (But I Am Not)

FBI director, Christopher A. Wray, told Congress on April 11, "Looking back over my career in law enforcement, I’d be hard pressed to think...

SERWAN ZANGANA: Sometimes People Cast Their Votes Based on One Agenda

When Congressman Bob Good, (R. 5th Dist, VA) voted against the $95 billion spending bill for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan in April, it cost...

DEVOTIONAL: Discernment

The priests...make no distinction between what is holy and what is not. They do not teach the difference between clean and unclean things... Ezekiel...

FRED FIRST: On Finding and Leaving Home

And so at this tipping point in life, I return to visit early thoughts about WHERE we call home. My place was not where...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Roanoke College Needs An ROTC Program

A retired Army four-star general, William B. Rosson (1918-2004), once privately told me in mid-July 1987 that West Point either graduated very good officers...

SCOTT DREYER: Burning Questions From J13 Attempted Assassination

At 6:11 pm on Saturday, July 13 at a Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, shots rang out. Pres. Trump grabbed his ear and dropped...