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ROBERT L. MARONIC: The CBS Evening News Made Me Cry A River Of Tears

I was watching the CBS Evening News, co-hosted by John Dickerson and Maurice Dubois on April 17, about a food-insecure family in bucolic Wallingford, Connecticut, which is fourteen miles north of...

DAWN CUSTALOW: American Travelers – A Cautionary Tale

My cultural underpinnings were first rooted in my Indian reservation in Virginia, yet my world...

FRED FIRST: Fragments: Late April

EARTH DAY I neglected to devote any words to the event this year for the first...

BOB BROWN: Midnight of the Soul

There is a time when our situation seems too much to bear. It may be...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Trump Is Wrong To Defund The Voice of America

One of my earliest childhood memories was listening to the BBC during the evening on...

Panhandling

It’s interesting to think about how words came into being. Here’s one that is rarely used today: mendicant. Ask someone what he does for...

The Thing About Trains… It Doesn’t Matter Where They’re Going

 . . .  What matters is deciding to get on." I laughed out loud when I heard this line spoken by the conductor in "The...

Jeopardy

Here’s a Jeopardy question for you: The category is “Housing;” the answer is “Girls in Crisis.” The question is “Who is Florence Crittenton?” It’s...

The Wacky Art of Unicycling

When I was a kid, about 12 years old, my grandmother -bless her- gave me a unicycle for Christmas. I found it ridiculously difficult...

Productivity Is Paramount

Every government, large and small, every company from a one-person operation to vast international corporate empires must be efficient in their performance. All charitable...

Ask The Nature Lady – The Eastern Screech Owl

The Eastern Screech Owl (Megascops asio) is only about 8½ inches long. Most Virginia screech owls are red, but you do occasionally see gray-brown,...