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SCOTT DREYER: Neighbors Electric Co. Installing Vinton Abortion Chamber

Franklin D. Roosevelt had a "Good Neighbor Policy" toward Latin America in the 1930s. One insurer's jingle is "Like a Good Neighbor State Farm is there." Luke 10:29 records...

MORGAN GRIFFITH: Saving The SAVE Act

Early voting starts on September 20th in Virginia, and because there is some discussion in...

FRED FIRST: Not In Lake Wobegon Any More . . .

My first two paragraphs here originally was a snarky rant. It has been taken down...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: An Open Letter To State Senator Christopher T. Head

Two days ago, Governor Youngkin ordered that all U.S. flags and Commonwealth of Virginia flags...

SERWAN ZANGANA: It Is The Same Journey For All of Us But We Walk It Differently

Sometimes, we don’t understand the wisdom of our fathers and the knowledge that they obtained...

RANDY HUFF: On Subtlety, Eternity, and Wasted Time

The great and gifted writer, Malcolm Muggeridge, when asked why he didn't go hear Billy Graham, said: “I need subtlety.” Muggeridge, a life-time English...

MELINDA MYERS: Fall Planting Provides Months of Continuous Spring Color

Welcome spring and create continuous color for several months with a collection of spring-flowering bulbs.  After planting in the fall, you’ll enjoy an array...

MIKE KEELER: September 1774 – The Meeting Place

Here are some things you should know about Carpenters’ Hall.It was designed by a Scotsman. Robert Smith was born in Midlothian in 1722 to...

SERWAN ZANGANA: It’s Time to Hand The Business Over to Trump

Six more lives of truly innocent people who were not involved in the Israeli-Hamas conflict were diminished. The death of the six Jewish hostages...

BOB BROWN: Slavery Then and Now

I join all Caucasians in the United States who lament with shame, guilt, and regret the history of enslaving Africans. The British began transporting...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: What Is The Life Of An American Worth?

I honestly do not have an answer to this question in terms of dollars, but I do in retribution.Iran-backed Hamas executed 23-year-old American Hersh...