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Columnists

ROBERT L. MARONIC: A $1 Trillion Defense Budget Could Soon Bankrupt The U.S.

Rich Lowry, the editor of the National Review, wrote a column in the New York Post on April 11, entitled “Unless we spike military spending — and FAST — the next...

FRED FIRST: The Bitter-sweet Memory of Smells

This bit of writing (which was also a radio essay on WVTF) comes from February...

BOB BROWN: Anger, Forgiveness, and Atonement

Every poll from Gallup to Pew Research Group confirms that anger is engulfing America. We...

FRED FIRST: Small Wonder

This is all I’ve got: a few unremarkable images and some brief words about them....

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Stop Bullying Denmark and Greenland

The last time that the U.S. seriously wanted to purchase Greenland from Denmark was in...

MORGAN GRIFFITH: Christmas Traditions

I respect people of all faiths, but as a Christian, I celebrate Christmas and the birth of Jesus Christ. Every Christmas season, there are traditions...

MIKE KEELER: The Shot Not Heard Around The World

As the Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party approached, tensions were running high throughout New England. The port of Boston had been closed by...

FRED FIRST: A Brighter Shade of Everything

Many of my age-peer friends beat me to the punch and had one or both eyes treated for cataracts--a leading cause of blindness worldwide,...

SCOT BELLAVIA: They Told Me I Was Gifted . . .

From third to fifth grade, I was in the PLATO program at Fishburn Park Elementary. PLATO is a backronym (Pupils Learning Appropriately TOgether) meaning...

RANDY HUFF: A Gift We Barely Know How to Receive

I assume most have treasured memories of childhood, of special days and seasons, of people – relatives, teachers, friends – whose lives and words...

MELINDA MYERS: Winter Celebrations and Coldest Temperatures

The winter solstice marks the Northern Hemisphere’s first day of winter and the day with the fewest hours of sunlight. It usually occurs around...