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ROBERT L. MARONIC: Barack and Michelle Obama Are Neither Apes Nor Monkeys

I read an article from the BBC on February 6 entitled, "Trump says he 'didn't see' part of video with racist clip depicting Obamas as apes," which was written...

BOB BROWN: AGING POETICALLY, PART I

Too often, the human race is a race against time. Until recently, I was a...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Twenty Reasons For Regime Change in Iran

1. The kidnapping of 66 Americans at the U.S. embassy in Tehran on November 4, 1979,...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: When Is Trump’s Promise To Iran That “Help Is On The Way” Finally Going To Happen?

There was a horrific, chaotic carnage in the streets of Iran during a nationwide protest on January 8...

FRED FIRST: Missouri’s Capitol City: First-Time Tourist

I could not possibly do justice to my first visit a half hour south of...

Where Mixology Meets Etymology

 Nobody is quite sure where the name comes from. But the drink has its roots in many forms of milk-and-alcohol libations that were...

Regulations Bring More And More Federal Jobs

Recently, a reporter on my car radio announced that Congress had passed some important legislation with the name CALM. The letters stand for...

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...