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BOB BROWN: Peace of Mind, Part II: The Covenant Advocate

Some troubles are loud and obvious; others wear a white coat, earn high grades, and keep showing up on time. In both cases, the mind can feel like an...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: How To Win The War In Iran?

The US military cannot win the war in Iran for the Iranian people. The victory must come from...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Labor Prime Minister Keir Starmer Is A Disappointment And Disgrace

Labor Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who increasingly reminds me of the antithesis of former Conservative Prime...

BOB BROWN: Peace of Mind: The Logic of an Anchor, Part 1 of III

In 1953, an attractive, intelligent young medical student, one year ahead of me at the...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: The Democratic Party’s Revolution By Illegal Immigration

I read an insightful op-ed about illegal immigration during the Biden administration in The New York...

Hurry Up and Wait

This expression I heard growing up was a bit bewildering to me. Nevertheless, I remembered it after recently hearing another expression, the acronym for...

Cyprus: An economic Enigma for the EU

The EU Delegation to the United States has this to say in describing their union of nations: “The European Union is a unique...

Unemployment Rate Raises Big Questions

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) publishes each month’s report of employment/unemployment the first few days of each succeeding month. Following are comments...

Helplessly Hoping

Thought of this song by Crosby, Stills & Nash after receiving some disappointing news regarding two of my children's higher education aspirations. Also,...

Writing My Own Obituary – Joe Kennedy

Not long ago, I sat down and composed my obituary, a thing that had been on my mind since at least 2009, when...

. . . And a Time to Die

Most are familiar with the passage from that book in the Bible, Ecclesiastes.  It tends to put a lot of things in perspective...