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ROBERT L. MARONIC: There Is No Need For A U.S. Ground War In Venezuela

The easiest way to overthrow Nicolás Maduro, the narco-terrorist dictator of Venezuela, is to finance an insurgency. That would allow the oppressed people and disaffected military of Venezuela to overthrow this Hugo Chavez...

SCOTT DREYER: Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Proclamation

Americans celebrate Thanksgiving today, and along with Canadians in October, are the only people on...

DAWN CUSTALOW: Pocahontas Reframed and Thanksgiving

I just returned from the 9th annual Pocahontas Reframed film festival 2025 in Richmond, VA,...

SCOTT DREYER: “Forgive Me When I Whine”

This poem, of unclear authorship, reportedly comes from the dark Great Depression days of the...

BOB BROWN: Recent Sale of Brooklyn Bridge, Part Two

In 2025, America’s fertility rate reaches a historic low, while Muslim and Arab communities maintain...

P. Buckley Moss – The People’s Artist

by Mary Jo Shannon Upon my retirement from the Shedd Early Learning Center in 1988, the parents and faculty gave me a signed print...

Getting the News

by Hayden Hollingsworth It comes as no surprise that newspapers are struggling to survive, or even if they should.  As has been pointed in...

Them’s Fightin’ Words

by Robert Adcox Yesterday evening I was on YouTube chasing down rumors of an engine explosion (How many opportunities do you get to see...

Ask the Nature Lady by Marlene A. Condon

I really like how “friendly” dragonflies seem to be.  These creatures are not as easily frightened by humans as are most large—and therefore...

Thoughts on “Bagger Vance”

by Lucky Garvin It is my delusion, my compulsion, or somewhere in my software that I believe in angels; that’s why I loved the...

English Soccer Is Hard On The Brain

byMike Keeler Americans are increasingly fascinated by that other version of "football," from the other side of The Pond. But it can get a...