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BECKY MAUPIN: Overwhelmed Doesn’t Mean Ungrateful

If you’re on social media for any amount of time, you pretty quickly see that there is mixed content. Some of it is positive and gives you really good...

BOB BROWN: When the Underdog Bites Has Rabies, and a Mean Owner

We have a strong human urge to identify with the “underdog.” There is nothing new...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Is Phase Two Of Trump‘s Peace Plan In The Gaza Strip Doomed To Fail? – Part II

Unfortunately, Trump’s present ceasefire as of October 9 is analogous to the armistice signed between...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Is Phase Two Of Trump‘s Peace Plan In The Gaza Strip Doomed To Fail? – Part I

Phase one of Trump‘s twenty-point peace plan in the Gaza Strip, which began on October...

FRED FIRST: Approaching the Longest Night

Yes, you’re right—if you’ve even noticed—that this space has been neglected for some weeks now,...

ANDY PITZER: Amtrak Trek: Lake Shore Limited/Southwest Chief/Empire Builder

NYC TO CHI: Lakeshore Limited (NY, MA, PA, OH, IN, IL) The first leg of the Amtrak train trip out west from NYC to Chicago (Lake Shore...

BOB BROWN: The Recent Sale of the Brooklyn Bridge, Part One

The 2025 election results in New York, New Jersey, Virginia, and Seattle are troubling to me, a student of the human mind. The election...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Trump’s “Great Gatsby Party” At His Mar-a-Lago Club on October 31 Was In Poor Taste

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, is our country’s largest anti-hunger program for men, women, and children. 42 million poor Americans lost their...

FRED FIRST: Winter is Coming: Make Ready!

Though a few poetic souls and tree-hugging types like me will make soft cooing noises of approval about the magic of the coming of...

BOB BROWN: “I don’t see how I can go on like this”

The round, sad Asian American face of the 26-year-old single Soldier sitting uncomfortably in front of me could not have been more disheartened. Large...

SCOT BELLAVIA: God in the Library

Talking to strangers about God is a muscle I don’t work very often. But I try to take the opportunity when it comes up. A...