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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...

JOHNNY ROBINSON: A Glimpse Into Dreamworld

I’m talking to an acquaintance I haven’t seen or even thought of in ages about a skateboard sailboat that I’m designing. I’m going into...

MIKE KEELER: Its The Dead of Winter – Time For A Real Spicy Tale

One day long ago on an island off the coast of India, someone noticed that when they cut down a certain type of tree,...

SCOTT DREYER: 5 Things Fearless People Do

Fear not (...) Isaiah 41:10a As a student in the teacher-training track at William and Mary in the 1980s, I remember some classes that dealt...

SCOTT DREYER: Gov. Northam Exits–The End Of An Error

Unlike the other 49 states in the Union, only Virginia has a constitution that prohibits a governor from serving two consecutive terms. That is...

DEVOTIONAL: The Blessing of Peace

"The LORD will give strength to His people; The LORD will bless His people with peace."  --Psalms 29:11 "Blessed are those who mourn, for they...

SCOT BELLAVIA: Response to ‘To Breed or Not to Breed’

A New York Times article reported testimonies that put faces on a statistic worth noting. Apparently, the birthrate in these United States has been...