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MAREK: 'Let It Be'

MAREK: 'Let It Be'

Every generation has a special interest in a music time period. As I have aged, new music does not seem as pleasing as old songs from my earlier days. As a result, I often listen to the Bridge on SiriusXM. Much of the music comes from the 197…

Disney DeSantis

Disney DeSantis

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at the Heritage Foundation 50th Anniversary Celebration leadership summit on April 21 in Oxon Hill, Md. 

Eagles

Eagles

The Eagles perform during the 41st Annual Country Music Association Awards on Nov. 7, 2007, in Nashville, Tenn. From left, Timothy B. Schmit, Don Henley, Glenn Frey and Joe Walsh. 

MAREK: No further west to go to avoid compliance

MAREK: No further west to go to avoid compliance

Sometimes I am amazed at the resistance to the vaccines, masks, and many of the restrictions our government has placed upon Americans these past 18 months. I have heard young people believe that their religion and their God will protect them.…

MAREK: Has the Electoral College lost its purpose?

MAREK: Has the Electoral College lost its purpose?

I wasn’t going to submit this article with everything else going on, but I have been reading a fantastic book by one of my favorite authors, James Grippando. He is a trial lawyer in Florida who rivets me with his books (Duh, I wonder why?). H…

MAREK: Good guys or bad guys?

MAREK: Good guys or bad guys?

My wife has often noted that I may judge whether a person is a good person or a bad person based solely on whether they are nice to me or not. To some extent, I plead guilty. I always look for a redeeming quality in people even when there is …

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MAREK: Good guys or bad guys?

MAREK: Good guys or bad guys?

My wife has often noted that I may judge whether a person is a good person or a bad person based solely on whether they are nice to me or not. To some extent, I plead guilty. I always look for a redeeming quality in people even when there is …

MAREK: Songs that come at the right time and place

MAREK: Songs that come at the right time and place

I would imagine that those of us in the older group of Americans have heard a song at times that hits our soul. Even though it might have been years and years ago since hearing it, the first five notes bring back a rush of emotions. I am not …

MAREK: Military words of wisdom

With our withdrawal from Afghanistan, we will not have active military troops directly in harm’s way. That does not mean that our troops are not constantly at risk even as they only prepare for their need in conflict. With that in mind, as I …

MAREK: How much more change can we expect?

MAREK: How much more change can we expect?

This past week, we had a space race between two ultra-rich men. They had the money and the desire to build their own spacecraft and leave NASA sitting on their haunches since they went to the moon. It does make one wonder what technology will…

MAREK: Trying to understand the U.S. Supreme Court

MAREK: Trying to understand the U.S. Supreme Court

Under the United States Constitution, one-third of the power of the federal government is placed in the hands of nine men and women, the Supreme Court. Those nine justices are chosen by a sitting president, confirmed by the U.S. Senate, and w…

MAREK: Is there ever a way to make them stop believing?

During World War II, a young statistician named Leon Festinger, worked on a project for the Army Air Forces. He was to devise better ways of selecting people for pilot training. After that, he spent time trying to determine how some generals …

MAREK: When neither side is right or wrong

MAREK: When neither side is right or wrong

I have become an avid reader of a fiction writer by the name of Harlan Coben. He has written numerous books, and I have been slowly working my way through this rather long list. Rather than quickly devour them, I space them out and read other…

MAREK: So where does that name come from?

About the time one thinks he or she has reached that level of knowledge to be considered a scholar or at least one of the brighter ones, just consider how little we really know about the English language and the derivations of our words for n…

MAREK: Tattoos just might be appropriate in some occasions

Over the years I have watched tattoos come and go. Growing up, the only tattoos I saw were with the lady in the circus, or men, especially Navy men, who had served in World War II together. In the circus lady case, it was brazen, overdone, an…

MAREK: What is magical about having 50 states?

Imagine if you split California and Illinois and then make just Puerto Rico a state. You have six more Senators, but the same number of House members, split who knows how? 

MAREK: Hello darkness, my old friend

MAREK: Hello darkness, my old friend

As I have a bit more time after retiring, I find that my interests in new subjects are sometimes challenged by old ones rising up for equal time. Such is the case at hand. For those of my readers over 60, the following may bring up some memor…

MAREK: Fifty years of killing and trials

As I am a reader of history, I have tried to make some sense of where our country is heading with regard to mass murders and the reasoning for the same.