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BOB BROWN: Peace of Mind, Part III: The Secure Attachment

In the conclusion of this series, I find myself looking back at a specific decade of my career that provided a profound window into the human soul. From 2005...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: The US Is Already An Empire – Part II

New York Times columnist Ross Douthat observed in a highly accurate op-ed entitled “The American Empire in Retreat,”...

FRED FIRST: There And Back Again

RECAP: I would be able to visit southwest Virginia again--home for almost 40 years, and...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: The US Is Already An Empire – Part I

I read a misinformed article in the New York Times on February 27, which was written by Edward Wong. The article’s title was “Trump’s Foreign Policy:...

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...

Our Amusing Eccentricities

Little eccentricities of family members and friends are amusing and a sure way for us to remember them. When we laugh it is...

Coping With Different Family Thermostats

Weather is a fickle friend.  One day the sun bathes us with warmth, the next, we are cast into a cruel, shivering, bitter...

Of Silence and Solitude

Everyone has the experience, usually multiple times a day that if there is one more interruption, one more distraction, or another red light...

Taxation and Certainty

“In this world, nothing is certain but death and taxes,” so said the sage of the 18th century, Benjamin Franklin.  It would be...

A “Jobs Report”… Report

The ‘jobs report’ is published each month by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the U.S. Department of Labor. The most recent...

Does the School Environment Really Matter?

I am asked regularly why my children attend a Christian School.  In large part due to my profession, I can easily begin listing...