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Robert B. Charles

National Spokesman, AMAC

AMAC Staff Writing since 2019 @Bobby4Maine Website

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Nov 9, 2026

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Faith & Public Life

How Faith Renews Our Strength When America Feels Challenged

Isaiah 40:31 carried Scottish runner Eric Liddell, the 1924 Olympic 400-meter champion who died a missionary in China, and it still steadies a nation that doubts it will endure.

Nov 9, 2026

Politics

King George III's 1776 Speech That Doomed the British Empire

On October 31, 1776, George III chose insults over peace, calling the Founders "daring and desperate," a speech that pushed fence-sitters toward revolution.

Oct 30, 2026

Faith & Public Life

The Surprising Science Behind Sharing Your Life Stories

One man set out to write a few old stories for his children and ended up with 45, each triggering the next through what science calls neural coupling.

Oct 29, 2026

Faith & Public Life

Finding Gratitude in Each Day God Gives Us

Behind the Iron Curtain at 23, a Solidarity leader's family sheltered him until he slipped out through East Germany, one of the near-misses he now counts as grace.

Oct 28, 2026

Faith & Public Life

Why Patience Was the Mark of a Stronger Generation

The WWII generation treated impatience as a failing and restraint as a sign of character, competing to listen hardest and stay calm rather than shout loudest.

Oct 27, 2026

National Security

National Day for the Deployed: Honoring Those Serving Far From Home

October 26 marks a day started in North Dakota in 2006 for the one percent on active duty, and the 450,000 who died serving overseas in WWII.

Oct 26, 2026

Faith & Public Life

Beauty, Warning, and Cheer: Three Brief Poems by Robert Frost

Frost's three shortest poems — "Nothing Gold Can Stay," "Fire and Ice," and "Dust of Snow" — run just eight or nine lines each, yet weigh beauty, ruin, and a crow in the snow.

Oct 23, 2026

Faith & Public Life

What Scripture Teaches Us About Patience and Humility

Micah 6:8 asks us to act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly, while Proverbs 14:29 warns that a quick temper displays folly.

Oct 22, 2026

Faith & Public Life

What WWII Veterans Taught About Hard Work and Resilience

A turret gunner in an Avenger and a sailor who did hard time in the Pacific taught me plumbing, carpentry, and how to get back up when you fail.

Oct 21, 2026

Faith & Public Life

A Teacher's Lasting Light: Honoring a Life Well Lived

Doris Anne lost her father at four, taught remedial reading in Monmouth, Maine, and nursed her ailing husband for three years, laughing through two divorces and every loss.

Oct 20, 2026

Faith & Public Life

Honoring Resilience: Stories of Veterans and Enduring Courage

Corporal Ethan Reed of Boothbay Harbor died near Taechon in November 1950, his remains never returned, his name now on the Korean War Memorial Wall in Washington.

Oct 19, 2026

Faith & Public Life

What General Grant Teaches Us About Courage and Resolve

The general who won at Appomattox trusted his gut over critics: "The most confident critics are generally those who know the least about the matter criticized."

Oct 17, 2026