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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...

In Praise Of Peonies

Few cut flowers surpass peonies for sheer beauty, and in some varieties, scent. Their voluminous blossoms packed with silken petals make exquisite arrangements. In...

A Saga of Valor: Overstreet Over There

The 17-year old graduate of Clifton Forge High School, class of 1938 landed a job in Charleston, WV. The position dealt with the cost...

Grief, You Lied To Me

My dear friend, Jacquie, shared this provocative expression with me when we reunited last week. It leapt off the page of her journal, written in...

More Physicians? Not the Answer

I recently attended a reception for those who have served as interviewers for prospective students at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine.  When...

Promises Made, Promises Broken, Rule Of Law, Just A Token

In his 2008-2009 campaign to capture the Presidency, Obama’s mantra was ‘hope and change.’ Promises were made such as transparency of government and the...

Of A Mind, Not Stentorian

 I'm not sure that anyone has used that word since Stephen Crane used it to describe artillery in The Red Badge of Courage. It...