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BOB BROWN: “We Remember But Warriors Try To Forget”

“Sir, may I have permission to speak honestly? Frankly, I don’t want to be here. My wife said get help or she’s leaving. She’s said it many times since I...

FRED FIRST: Lonesome Highway: An Object at Rest

Without the always-on duties of a care partner now for less than a week, I’m...

BOB BROWN: Sitting Alone in America

We are an aging, sedentary, less engaging people who are preoccupied with problems more than...

FRED FIRST: LONESOME HIGHWAY: Together, Apart

It would be an ending; and it would be a beginning: the day that Ann...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Trump Should Not Accept A Qatari Boeing 747 As A New Air Force One

Qatar is the ultimate frenemy. That is because Qatar has a U.S. Air Force base...

A Tale of Two States; Symbols of National Destiny?

Many parallels make the states of California and New York analogous. Both current governors are sons of governors. Jerry Brown of California was the...

1984 . . . Is It Finally Here?

In 1949 when George Orwell published his dystopian novel, 1984, it took on such a life of its own that a new word entered...

The Art of Porch Sitting

The pools have opened, hit movies are coming out every week, and ice cold drinks have never sounded so refreshing. Summer has arrived on...

Beware The Fawn!

This is the time of year when you might come close to stepping on a baby White-tailed Deer.  One morning I walked over to...

“Limits of Liberty” – Dr. George C. Anderson

No one has full self-acceptance, but I think all of us have moments when we experience it.  These moments are hints of where we...

“Which Comes First; Peace or War?”

This week marks the 69th anniversary of the D-Day invasion. The sixth day of June 1944 should live in the annals of history for...