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Darrell Todd Maurina
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6 days ago

Underestimating our Asian enemies nearly led to defeat in the Korean War

As we approach the 70th anniversary of the armistice that, on July 27, 1953, ended the hostilities of the Korean War, it’s worth looking back at what went wrong, and how mistakes similar to those made seven decades ago may today lead to dire consequences caused by an underestimation of…

Korean War

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Underestimating our Asian enemies nearly led to defeat in the Korean War
Underestimating our Asian enemies nearly led to defeat in the Korean War
Korean War

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Mar 8

Between crime and COVID, cities may no longer represent America’s future

Predictions that “rural America is on the rebound” have been just as common in Republican circles as Democratic confidence that big cities are the future of America. The cloudiness of both parties’ crystal balls should be a caution on the hazards of predicting America’s political future. However, a recent article…

Hillary Clinton

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Between crime and COVID, cities may no longer represent America’s future
Between crime and COVID, cities may no longer represent America’s future
Hillary Clinton

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Mar 4

What’s happened to cause Sen. Josh Hawley’s U-turn on Ukraine?

What’s happened with our Missouri Senator Josh Hawley and Ukraine? A year ago, he was saying “the most important thing we can do” was to arm the Ukrainians resisting Russian attacks. Today, he’s saying this: “The truth is that Joe Biden, and, let’s face it, congressional Republicans, have spent over…

Josh Hawley

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What’s happened to cause Sen. Josh Hawley’s U-turn on Ukraine?
What’s happened to cause Sen. Josh Hawley’s U-turn on Ukraine?
Josh Hawley

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Feb 14

China’s big balloons for Biden gave America an unwelcome Valentine gift

The Chinese so-called “weather balloon,” for better or for worse, after crossing American airspace from Alaska to the Atlantic, has exposed serious limits on the ability of the United States to intercept or even detect foreign surveillance activities on American soil, or in this case, above it. We’ve now seen…

China

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China’s big balloons for Biden gave America an unwelcome Valentine gift
China’s big balloons for Biden gave America an unwelcome Valentine gift
China

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Dec 26, 2022

As Missouri moves right, it’s no longer a mirror of national voting, but rather national polarization

The attempts to unseat Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell are over, but it’s worth noting that both of the senators who will represent Missouri next year, incumbent Senator Josh Hawley and Senator-elect Eric Schmitt, wanted to remove him as head of the Republicans in the Senate. It’s no secret that…

Mitch Mcconnell

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As Missouri moves right, it’s no longer a mirror of national voting, but rather national…
As Missouri moves right, it’s no longer a mirror of national voting, but rather national…
Mitch Mcconnell

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Dec 19, 2022

The ‘War against Christopher Columbus’ gets a rebuke from a Philadelphia judge

The Commission for Social Justice of the Order Sons and Daughters of Italy in America sent me an announcement last week of the successful fight in court against a decision by the city of Philadelphia to enclose an 1876 statue of Christopher Columbus on Marconi Plaza in a plywood box…

Columbus Day

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The ‘War against Christopher Columbus’ gets a rebuke from a Philadelphia judge
The ‘War against Christopher Columbus’ gets a rebuke from a Philadelphia judge
Columbus Day

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Nov 7, 2022

Exposing a sexual assault victim’s assault without consent is wrong, even if she’s a candidate for Congress

What would happen if a conservative media outlet reported on the sexual assault years ago of an African-American woman who is now running for Congress after she pleaded, repeatedly, that the outlet not do that? I think we all know the answer. That media outlet would be blasted for re-victimizing…

Congress

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Exposing a sexual assault victim’s assault without consent is wrong, even if she’s a candidate for…
Exposing a sexual assault victim’s assault without consent is wrong, even if she’s a candidate for…
Congress

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Oct 12, 2022

Columbus Day started as a response to ethnic bigotry. Don’t cancel the day, remember the reason it began

Sick of “woke” politics? Take a stand for Columbus Day by sharing this meme from the Order Sons and Daughters of Italy in America, and consider making a donation to the Commission for Social Justice of the OSIA. #PreserveColumbusDay Too many Americans don’t know their history because they were never…

Columbus Day

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Columbus Day started as a response to ethnic bigotry. Don’t cancel it; learn why it began.
Columbus Day started as a response to ethnic bigotry. Don’t cancel it; learn why it began.
Columbus Day

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Oct 1, 2022

Italy’s next prime minister probably isn’t fascist, but American conservatives should be more careful before embracing her politics

Some comments are in order on the Italian elections a few days ago which will probably lead to Giorgia Meloni becoming the head of the Italian government. The election this past weekend was the most recent in a wave of recent European elections in which hard-right conservative parties made surprising…

Giorgia Meloni

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Italy’s next prime minister probably isn’t fascist, but American conservatives should be more…
Italy’s next prime minister probably isn’t fascist, but American conservatives should be more…
Giorgia Meloni

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Aug 15, 2022

When obituaries go wrong: Why they need to come from funeral homes

Nearly all obituaries I run at the Pulaski County Daily News come from funeral homes. There are reasons for that, and a recent obituary in The Florida Times-Union in which an adult son attacked his father for being, among other things, “narcissistic” and an “abusive alcoholic” whose death proves that…

Funerals

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When obituaries go wrong: Why they need to come from funeral homes
When obituaries go wrong: Why they need to come from funeral homes
Funerals

6 min read

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