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ROBERT L. MARONIC: President Trump Is Fighting The Last War – Part I

I think that President Trump's plan to build a “new class of American-designed battleships that will be the most lethal surface combatants ever constructed,” which was announced on December 22, is a BIG mistake.  That...

SCOTT DREYER: Conduct Your “Year In Review”

James Clear, in his award-winning book Atomic Habits, encourages his readers to conduct an annual...

FRED FIRST: Small Moments. Long Life

Images: In our eyes. On our minds. From our memories. Conjured in our dreams. Right...

BOB BROWN: Decoding the New “Structure of Feeling”

This is the time to marshal up hope for the New Year. Hope is wanting...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: The Heroism Of Ahmed Al-Ahmed At Bondi Beach In Sydney, Australia

Not all Muslims are bad people. In fact, most Muslims are good and decent people....

Christmas In The Forties

Packages wrapped in ornate paper, topped with festive bows cluster beneath the Christmas tree. As I survey them, I remember a more modest...

Foolish Politics and The Fiscal Cliff

Commentators are talking about ‘the Fiscal Cliff’ on TV and radio. Critics, political wonks, even religious leaders are gasping at the prospect of...

The Season of Giving is Well Under Way

New Jersey native John Turner runs a water removal business in Chicago. Recently, after seeing the devastation of Superstorm Sandy, he loaded his...

Working for Nothing and Everything

When I was in my early teens, Dad got to thinking that I should get a break from my chores once a week...

Ask The Nature Lady: American Mistletoe

I first noticed American Mistletoe one December many years ago while I was jogging.  It was a “ball” of fleshy-looking green leaves about one...

America: A Nation of Givers or Takers?

 During his inaugural address on January 20, 1961, President John F. Kennedy announced the following appeal: “And so, my fellow Americans: Ask not...