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BOB BROWN: AGING POETICALLY, PART I

Too often, the human race is a race against time. Until recently, I was a sprinter in this race. Nowadays, blessed by the gift of a long life, my...

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...

BOB BROWN: The Triumph of Terrible Feelings Over Judgment

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

Dead Language A Wonderful Part of Living

by Mary Jo Shannon Latin is dubbed “a dead language.” For centuries after the modern Romance languages, derived from Latin, were spoken in France,...

A Positive Contribution of Faith by Tim Harvey

Do not repay anyone evil for evil, but take thought for what is noble in the sight of all. If it is possible,...

Recipe of the Week: Meatball Minestrone Soup

by Leigh Sackett It would be so great to get at least a little snow! My children keep waiting and waiting . . . Remember...

More Tales From the ER Diary

by Lucky Garvin I’m on duty in the ER. Thirty inches of fresh snow on the ground.  Police are asking that all unessential travel...

Health-Care Sticker Shock in VA

The coming year will determine whether  or in what form  health reform survives. The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule on reform's constitutionality...

Corporations Can’t Go Home Again

by Mike Keeler Thomas Wolfe famously explained, "you can't go home again." Mitt Romney infamously said, "corporations are people, my friend." Put them together, and...