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ROBERT L. MARONIC: Pope Leo XIV Needs To Shut Up About The US-Israeli War Against Genocidal Iran – Part II

The malign mullahs in Tehran and the IRGC view all the Iranian people as potential cannon fodder, especially teenage boys and young men, as demonstrated in the Iran-Iraq War from 1980...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Pope Leo XIV Needs To Shut Up About The US-Israeli War Against Genocidal Iran – Part I

It is estimated that an unbelievable 30,000 to 36,000 teenage, young, and middle-aged protesters were shot dead with impunity...

BECKY MAUPIN: Still Tired?

“There is no way to be a perfect mother, and a million ways to be...

BOB BROWN: The Great Unhinging: A Clinical Emergency

We live in an age where the "tranquility of trivia"—a peace bought with endless, unimportant...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: The First Lady Of New York City Is A Vile Anti-Semite – Part II

According to the New York Post, Duwaji posted seventy times where she “took extreme positions against Israel and its supporters,” according to...

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...

In The Bleak Midwinter

I thought of this song, a Christmas carol from the early 20th century, for two reasons: as of this writing, there is a...

Pet Peeves In The Marketplace

I only shop for myself when the sales are on. I decided long ago that if a garment isn’t in my size, my...
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