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MARTHA SEZ: Getting ready for a new year ... AGAIN!
January 20, 2012 This is an in-between time, neither here nor there, the week after Christmas. The old year is done for, but we’re not yet in the new year. more »»
WORLD FOCUS: Message for the New Year
January 20, 2012 In my last week column, I have described the Naturalization Ceremony of new-minted U. S. citizens at the Colonial Capitol in Williamsburg, Va. It was a remarkable event by any measure. more »»
MARTHA SEZ: Extend the holiday season? Bah!
December 30, 2011 People often express the wish that the spirit of Christmas could last all year long. “May you keep the holiday spirit alight throughout the coming year!” they say. more »» 
ON THE SCENE: A Holiday Stroll and then some
December 30, 2011 On Saturday morning I woke up to find I had an email from Red Grandy, my father’s first cousin, thus my second cousin. more »»
WORLD FOCUS: Churchill and Lapid
December 30, 2011 The Chartwell Bulletin, the official online organ of the Churchill Society of America, in its latest issue reported the formation of a new Churchill Society of Israel. more »»
MARTHA SEZ: Random thoughts on the holiday season
December 9, 2011 Hey, how’s it going? As I write this, it’s almost Thanksgiving, which means that the holiday season is launched. You have this Chrismas thing under control? I’ve about got it wrapped. So to speak. more »»
ON THE SCENE: Siberia, week three
December 9, 2011 My third week in Russia began lying in a hot spring near the shores of Lake Baikal, a lake the contains 20 percent of the world’s fresh water, an amount equivalent to the amount of water in the Grea... more »»
WORLD FOCUS: Arab spring
December 9, 2011 Bertram Aaron, an electrical engineer by training, was a member of the research team working at Langley on the experimental X-1 project, the first aircraft that extended the speed of sound. more »»
Irene in AuSable Forks: Part III
November 28, 2011 We had all been informed FEMA and all agencies regarding our dilemma have been set up at the Community Center in the gym and will be available Monday through Sunday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. more »»
MARTHA SEZ: Squanto and the pioneering spirit
November 28, 2011 Every year at this time I reflect upon the interesting “facts” I learned in elementary school about the Pilgrim. more »»
WORLD FOCUS: Lake Untersee
November 28, 2011 Dale Andersen, of Lake Placid, a biology graduate of Virginia Tech, who became a senior scientist at the SETI Institute’s Carl Sagan Center for the Study of Life in the Universe, made a name for... more »»
ON THE SCENE: Siberia, week two
November 28, 2011 My second week in Siberia began with a three-hour informal luncheon and discussion with Pandido Khambo Lama Damba Ayusheyev, the 24th Khambo Lama, head of Buddhism in Russia, Ganzhur Lama, director... more »»
MARTHA SEZ: You better watch your language
November 28, 2011 Here we are, dumped back into ordinary time for the winter. more »»
WORLD FOCUS: Nuclear threat
November 28, 2011 “Today there are nine nuclear-armed nations, with over 23,000 nuclear weapons in their arsenal. more »»
ON THE SCENE: Arrival to Russia
November 28, 2011 Over the next few weeks I will take you along on my journey to Ulan Ude, the capital of the Republic of Buryatia, which is located about an hour east of Lake Baikal, in Siberia, where I am serving a... more »»
MARTHA SEZ: Blowing smoke in politics
November 15, 2011 You’ve probably seen it by now: presidential contender Herman Cain’s political advertisement, in which a mustached man says it’s time to take America back and then blows smoke at the camera, followe... more »»
Irene in AuSable Forks: Part II
November 15, 2011 As we continued to survey our damage and try to figure out where to begin, the first thing we are all told is don’t drink the water. more »»
OFF THE SCENE: From Moscow with Naj
November 15, 2011 Sometimes I think I live in a Fellini movie of my own making. Or maybe one created by Rube Goldberg. In a word, convoluted. more »»
WORLD FOCUS: The changing Middle East
November 15, 2011 Anthony Zinni a retired Marine four-star general, once told me that he was the first in his family to go to college. “Then, why did you join the Marines?” I asked. more »» 
ON THE SCENE: Dear David ...
November 3, 2011 The heading of the stationary was very simple, just three words: The White House. “Dear David” (Van Hoesen) it began. more »» |
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