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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 April 7. If the Iranians said they had enough near-weapons-grade uranium to make eleven nuclear bombs...

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,...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Congressional Republicans Know This War Is Going Well

I read a defeatist op-ed in the New York Times entitled," Republicans Know This War Is Going Badly." It was...

JOHNNY ROBINSON: Keep it Fun

It was a while back, maybe twenty years ago. I was setting up for an...

There Is An App. For That

 With over 14,000 smart phone/tablet applications and counting, it can be difficult to sort through them for the best ones to aide you...

The Statistics Don’t Lie – America’s Future Hangs in the Balance

At about 11:22 PM, EST on Tuesday, September 4, 2012, the US national debt clock registered trillion. In case this does not...

A Little Curiosity about a Great Big Universe

If you were in charge of the federal budget, would you pay .5 billion to investigate the potential for life on a remote...

Its Amazing What You Can Do In A Day

      I crack my eyes open in time to see a water tower as it flies by the drizzle-streaked window. Proudly emblazoned on it are...

Spiders Spiders Everywhere!

 Charlotte’s Web, Little Miss Muffet: Those childhood books with their stories of spiders were probably created to ease children’s fears of spiders.  They...

Some Old / New Technology That Has Come A Very Long Way

 It's back to school season, so here's a short primer in Technology 101.  In 1948, Drexel graduate students Bernard Silver and Norman Woodland overheard...