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ROBERT L. MARONIC: The Ceasefire With Iran On April 7 Was Not A Big Win For The US

I think that President Trump made a great diplomatic mistake with Iran (brokered by duplicitous Pakistan) on April 7. If the Iranians said they had enough near-weapons-grade uranium to make eleven nuclear bombs...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: When The Papacy Becomes an A**

General Dwight D. Eisenhower issued a brief prayer on June 4, 1944, which was two days before...

BOB BROWN: While the World Slept: The Pathogens of Chaos, Part III: The Lyrical Enchantment

Several years ago, when Paul McCartney brought his legendary melodies to the foothills of Charlottesville,...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Congressional Republicans Know This War Is Going Well

I read a defeatist op-ed in the New York Times entitled," Republicans Know This War Is Going Badly." It was...

JOHNNY ROBINSON: Keep it Fun

It was a while back, maybe twenty years ago. I was setting up for an...

Government 101: Why It Doesn’t Work

By its very nature, a bureaucracy discourages and suppresses creativity and innovation. Both political and commercial bureaucracies are predisposed to achieve a modicum...

Sensing The Holiness Of Birth And Death

Birth and death are two experiences common to all human beings – and yet no one can remember either. To be present as...

Well Intended Self Written Obituary Maybe Not The Best Idea – Joe Kennedy

My cousin, Joan Pugh, read my recent column about trying to write my own obituary. I had attempted to complete the task not because...

The Sighting

I know there are those of you who have followed my writings about the life, times and death of my beloved Doberman, Rock....

Savants of Misery: The Dark Side of Mobile Telephones – H. Bruce Rinker

My slow-growing epiphany began in 1996. I stood in an elevator cage silently with four other men in a building in Tel Aviv....

Our Love/Hate Affair with Violence

I suspect virtually every aspect of the gun control issue has been voiced many times over but there are a couple of things...