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ROBERT L. MARONIC: Russia’s Inhumanity To Russians – Part I

The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, located in modern Belarus, formally ended Bolshevik Russia's participation in World War I on March 3, 1918. Since then, both the Red Army and its successor, the Russian...

JOHNNY ROBINSON: The Changing of the Tires

The car I drive now doesn’t even have a spare tire. Can you believe that?...

FRED FIRST: Facing Forward. Facing Back.

Maybe it’s okay that I can’t go back twenty Januarys past, or ten as a...

BOB BROWN: “A Very Heavy Heart For The State of The World”

A neighbor sent the following email to all who reside in this part of Albemarle...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Hands Off Denmark!

President Trump has repeatedly called for the annexation of Greenland since 2019, recently appointing former...

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...

Sydney Is All It’s Cracked Up to Be and More

The ferry ride to Manley, a town near North Head, takes about twenty-five minutes, and it's a terrific introduction to the massive estuary that...

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...