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ROBERT L. MARONIC: President Trump Is Fighting The Last War – Part II

I am totally bewildered how a U.S. aircraft carrier group or Trump-class battleship is going to stop THOUSANDS of aerial and underwater kamikaze drones simultaneously launched from an inexpensive expendable Chinese cargo ship or Hainan...

BOB BROWN: The Sacred Oath of Office

According to Islamic tradition, the Prophet Muhammad received his first revelation of the Quran in...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: President Trump Is Fighting The Last War – Part I

I think that President Trump's plan to build a “new class of American-designed battleships that will be...

SCOTT DREYER: Conduct Your “Year In Review”

James Clear, in his award-winning book Atomic Habits, encourages his readers to conduct an annual...

FRED FIRST: Small Moments. Long Life

Images: In our eyes. On our minds. From our memories. Conjured in our dreams. Right...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Keep Virginia’s Robert E. Lee License Plate

January 19 was the 217th anniversary of the birth of Robert E. Lee in Stratford, Virginia. January 15 was also the 95th anniversary of...

FRED FIRST: Many Hope To Age in Place . . .

But Maybe Not the Place You Thought The phrase "Age-in-Place" is kind of the Holy Grail of late-in-life housing ambitions for many of our local...

DEVOTIONAL: Who Was That Hitchhiker?

Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?  --Hebrews 1:14 (NIV) At 89, Chuck Swindoll is in his seventh...

SERWAN ZANGANA: Our Relationship With God And Belief In His Power Can Bring True Satisfaction

I often hear that life has become more complicated and difficult. And I often hear complaints about the outrageous and increasingly unaffordable prices of...

SERWAN ZANGANA: There Has Been No Peace Under Biden – May God Bless America in 2024

Now that 2023 is over, Americans and many people across the world will always remember the wounds that were left in their souls. The...

SCOTT DREYER: New Year, But Same Old Fake News From Salam Rasoul

"New Year New You" is cliché, but Del. Salam Rasoul (D-Roanoke City), who goes by the anglicized nickname "Sam," has entered 2024 still clinging...