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ROBERT L. MARONIC: Iran Is Playing Trump Like A Chump

Since Ayatollah Khomeini seized power on February 11, 1979, after the exile of the Shah of Iran the previous month, the fanatical Shiite Muslim clerics in Tehran and their proxies have publicly...

FRED FIRST: Lonesome Highway: Hurry Up and Wait

If you don't know where you're going, how will you know when you get there? We...

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,...

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...

Every Life is Precious in This Great Land

Last week’s column about the Boston Marathon bombing was going to be my only discussion about that dreadful event. However, after reading, seeing...

Whose Ox Is Being Gored?

Who could not be amused by the picture of Congress streaming down the steps of the Capitol in route to Reagan National Airport? ...

The Things They Carried

I was reminded of this book about a platoon of American soldiers during the Vietnam War by a dear friend with whom I...

Lessons From The West Coast

A couple of weeks ago my children and I reunited for a few days on the West Coast. We gathered in San Francisco.  There...

What Will Really Make You Happy?

Research Reveals 4 Common Misconceptions The idea of a happy and meaningful life has become unnecessarily complicated in some circles, says author and certified...

The Fixer-Upper – By Liza Field

It’s spring cleaning time and the house is a wreck. That’s an embarrassing admission to make. ”Home” is now considered an extension of oneself, after...