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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...

Elected Officials Across The Country “Leading” Municipalities to Bankruptcy

The headline on 5/10/13 edition of ‘The Roanoke Star.com’ trumpeted these words, “Council Raises Own Pay 28%.” Upon reading the article, it was surprising...

Too Much Stuff Before Its Time

It is a common theme today to talk about not “spoiling” our children with too many things.  While it may very well be true...

Richie Havens: Master of Freedom

OK, here's this morning's challenge. Imagine you are sitting quietly. Somebody walks in and tells you that there are a half-million people outside, waiting...

A Tax That’s Mean, Ornery, Daft, and the Wrong Way Round

What would you do if you received a bill from your local hospital after successful heart surgery, taxing you annually for your improved health? That’s...

The Sophistry of Central Planning

Central planning is a process of collecting data, massaging that information and converting the refined statistics into an action plan. Government workers collect the...

Retiring After 40 Plus Years in The ER

The phone rang. I answered. "Hello?"  I’m Dr. Crawford,” came the response. “I’m a paleontologist. Do you  know what that is?” “You study fossils.” “Correct!” He sounded...