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

I am totally bewildered how a U.S. aircraft carrier group or Trump-class battleship is going to stop THOUSANDS of aerial and underwater kamikaze drones simultaneously launched from an inexpensive expendable Chinese cargo ship or Hainan...

BOB BROWN: The Sacred Oath of Office

According to Islamic tradition, the Prophet Muhammad received his first revelation of the Quran in...

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...

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...

SCOTT DREYER: Presidents’ Day, à la Biden & Putin

Shortly after the Nazi invasion of Poland that tragically gave the English language a new noun--blitzkrieg--Poet W.H. Auden wrote a poem entitled by that...

SCOTT DREYER: Diktatorship In Kanada

I recently read a new book, Checkmate in Berlin: The Cold War Showdown That Shaped The Modern World, by Giles Morton. In a nutshell, to...

SCOTT DREYER: The Beauty of Capitalism

While picking up some Valentine chocolates for my bride of 29 years at the grocery store the other day, I saw a large display...

DEVOTIONAL: Saint Valentines Day

Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.               --John 15:13 When we...

MIKE KEELER: Happy Lupercus . . . er, Valentines Day!

Remember the good old days, when we’d get drunk, slaughter wild animals, butcher them into strips, dip the thongs in blood and run through...

MELINDA MYERS: Raised Bed Gardening Provides Easy Access and Increased Productivity

Raise your garden to new heights for easier access and greater productivity. Raised beds allow you to overcome poor soil by creating the ideal...