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ROBERT L. MARONIC: Is Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) Running For President in 2028? – Part II

I read an article on nbc.com on February 13 entitled, “In Munich, AOC warns that democracies must deliver for the working class to stave off 'authoritarianism,” which was written by Sahil Kapur. I highly...

BOB BROWN: Aging Poetically, Part III

Being elderly is a full-time job. It could be the best job you ever had,...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Is Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) Running For President in 2028? – Part I

I strongly suspect that the self-assured and arrogant Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is going to be a presidential or...

FRED FIRST: But Is It Art?

I have mentioned before that I have recently found pleasure and pleasant distraction in the...

BECKY MAUPIN: A New Season, New Expectations

Motherhood, I'm learning, is a series of seasons. None of them are truly easy; they're...

Vocation – Choose Wisely

I recently read about the huge unemployment figures in Italy, standing now at 11.7%.  Even as disturbing was the comment that Italians choose...

And It Was Still Hot . . .

These are Maurice Sendak's parting words in one of my favorite books of all time, Where the Wild Things Are. What made me think about...

You Are The Protagonist Of Your Own Life

This new "column thing" I find myself doing really started a year and a half ago from short e-mails and texts to my...

Potatoes, Pears And Practical Lessons

In Augusta County a large limestone outcropping on a small triangular plot of land marks the place where U.S. 11 toward Staunton and...

The Perfect Financial Storm

Government at all levels is in self-deception, delusion, fantasy and as the French say, folie à deux.  The perfect storm is not on...

The River Always Wins

Although very little of the vanity which plagued my youth remains, yet, there is a residue; and it is this trace amount of...