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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 and 9. Tens of thousands of unarmed protesters were shot dead in an indiscriminate slaughter...

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

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

BOB BROWN: The Triumph of Terrible Feelings Over Judgment

Today, our way of life is dominated by powerful, fast-moving, extreme emotions — especially anger,...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: President Trump Owes The UK An Apology

I read a disturbing and disquieting article in the New York Times on January 23 entitled,...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) Is a Defeatist

I read an article in the New York Post by Emily Crane on January 26 entitled,...

Taking Things for Granted

by Hayden Hollingsworth That’s a phrase that often has negative connotations but there are some things that we ought to be able to take...

“Do a Little Less”

by Keith McCurdy Let’s all do a little less for our children this week.  I mean it, let’s do a little less.  Oh, I...

A Very Good Use of Technology

by Mary Jo Shannon Checking my email one evening, I was surprised to see one from my daughter Kathy with the intriguing subject line...

Big Government – Small Job Growth

by Dick Baynton A new national JOBS report came out recently from the US Department of Labor. According to the report, unemployment fell to...

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...
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