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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,...

Saying Goodbye To A Cherished Part of The Pack

Dogs are perfect little animals.  They love unconditionally, forgive easily, and never ask for money or the car keys.  Dogs are also future...

Moveable Media

Around 1450, Johannes Gutenberg had his first moveable-type printing press in operation.  It has been widely hailed as one of the most significant...

Washington’s Gift to the People: $620 Billion in New Taxes

The ‘national debt’ of .4 trillion is simply the accumulated amount of money our federal government spends more than it collects. It isn’t...

Rock Fishin’ in the Chesapeake

We're all set now, and I guess it's about time since it's taken us three hours to get to this point. The rods are...

Learning One’s (Hometown) Station In Life

I'm not sure whether I should feel miffed or simply laugh. The other day I was perusing a certain "social utility network". (Think apps...

2013, A Time to Grow Up?

In all your official acts, self interest shall be cast into oblivion…return to the way of the Great Law which is just and...