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ROBERT L. MARONIC: Trump’s “Great Gatsby Party” At His Mar-A-Lago Club on October 31 Was In Poor Taste

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, is our country’s largest anti-hunger program for men, women, and children. 42 million poor Americans lost their SNAP benefits (f.k.a. food stamps)...

FRED FIRST: Winter is Coming: Make Ready!

Though a few poetic souls and tree-hugging types like me will make soft cooing noises...

BOB BROWN: “I don’t see how I can go on like this”

The round, sad Asian American face of the 26-year-old single Soldier sitting uncomfortably in front...

SCOT BELLAVIA: God in the Library

Talking to strangers about God is a muscle I don’t work very often. But I...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Antisemite Zohran Mamdani Will Be An Economic Disaster For New York City – Part IV

As Gabrielle Fahmy wrote in the Post, "in its most recent platform, the group blasts...

My First Broken Bone

Years ago, Dad warned me that a tool - any tool – was: A.) Not my friend, B.) Wanted to hurt me, and...

One Bad Earthquake

My intellectual hero is Charles Darwin. A courageous man with a heightened sense of wonder and curiosity about the natural world, Darwin lived from...

France, Farmers and the Fiscal Cliff

Many Chalet owners in France are hurrying to sell their homes and estates before year-end while their owners are moving to Switzerland, Belgium...

Psychology is Not the Answer

 I was asked recently by a parent why we still have so many mental health issues with children and families when we have...

On the Road Down Under

It happens in the blink of an eye. The dusky-colored, full-grown kangaroo enters our narrow frame of view in the  predawn darkness. A huge...

Campaign Year Spurs an Enviromentalist’s Pro-Life Lament

I would say that those who are callous about babies and callous about life ought to be brought to bear the callousness of...
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