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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...

SCOT BELLAVIA: Told Ya So

“I hate to be the one to tell you ‘I told you so,’ but...” “No, you don’t. If you really hated to be the one,...

MELINDA MYERS: Be A Weather Watching Gardener

Each gardening season seems to offer new growing challenges. Our gardens are exposed to more drastic and variable weather with changing weather patterns. Floods,...

BOB BROWN: Suspension of Critical Judgment

The Sheriff of a nearby county, before DNA identification was available, urgently requested the assistance as a Forensic Psychiatrist.  He wanted a psychiatrist trained...

SCOTT DREYER: A Trump Supporter Explains Her Reasonings

Below are comments from a friend who wishes to remain anonymous, for employment reasons, on her support for Pres. Trump. Despite rumored threats of violence,...

DAWN CUSTALOW: “It’s Not Complicated – Just Love The One In Front of You . . .”

As a nation, we have been in shock and disbelief as we grieve the recent disasters of Hurricane Helene and now the fires raging...

SCOTT DREYER: 2024 In Review, “The Year The Fever Broke” (Part 2)

Part 1, for January-July, is here. AUGUST Democrats had their convention in Chicago. They took the grotesque, unprecedented step of having a mobile unit parked right...