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BOB BROWN: Death Ends a Life, But Not a Relationship

"Death ends a life, but not a relationship." This truth is both a psychological reality and a spiritual anchor. In the long autumn of life, one realizes that a...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Iran Is Not Going To Be A Never-Ending War

I read an asinine analysis about the Iran war and a problematic prediction of Iran's drone warfare and cyber...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: The Ceasefire With Iran On April 7 Was Not A Big Win For The US

I think that President Trump made a great diplomatic mistake with Iran (brokered by duplicitous Pakistan) on...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: When The Papacy Becomes an A**

General Dwight D. Eisenhower issued a brief prayer on June 4, 1944, which was two days before...

BOB BROWN: While the World Slept: The Pathogens of Chaos, Part III: The Lyrical Enchantment

Several years ago, when Paul McCartney brought his legendary melodies to the foothills of Charlottesville,...

Do One Thing Every Day That Scares You

So said Eleanor Roosevelt. I saw the above quote on a greeting card which I sent to a friend recently. The subject of fear came...

Deja Vue on Groundhog Day

Did ya ever get that feeling? That "I swear I just did this and now I'm doing it all over again" feeling? It's...

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...