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BOB BROWN: Peace of Mind, Part II: The Covenant Advocate

Some troubles are loud and obvious; others wear a white coat, earn high grades, and keep showing up on time. In both cases, the mind can feel like an...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: How To Win The War In Iran?

The US military cannot win the war in Iran for the Iranian people. The victory must come from...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Labor Prime Minister Keir Starmer Is A Disappointment And Disgrace

Labor Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who increasingly reminds me of the antithesis of former Conservative Prime...

BOB BROWN: Peace of Mind: The Logic of an Anchor, Part 1 of III

In 1953, an attractive, intelligent young medical student, one year ahead of me at the...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: The Democratic Party’s Revolution By Illegal Immigration

I read an insightful op-ed about illegal immigration during the Biden administration in The New York...

Debt Limit Is Out of Hand and Out of Sight

The ‘Fiscal Cliff’ crisis is now in the rear-view mirror, having been ‘neutralized’ rather than ‘solved’. We all know that the next fiscal...

Ask The Nature Lady – The Virginia Opossum

I feel extremely fortunate that I received my degree from Virginia Tech. For a nature lover, such as I am, the campus and the...

An Underwater Surprise

It was some years back I learned to my surprise that I was claustrophobic. I was having an MRI. I was a larger man...

Water, Water Everywhere . . . Part II

That line from “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” does not suggest the capriciousness of the rainfall.  When I addressed the problem of...

Gratitude for Groceries

If you have ever had the experience of taking a person from a third world country into a supermarket for their first visit,...

Gratitude For Groceries

If you have ever had the experience of taking a person from a third world country into a supermarket for their first visit,...