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BOB BROWN: The Recent Sale of the Brooklyn Bridge, Part One

The 2025 election results in New York, New Jersey, Virginia, and Seattle are troubling to me, a student of the human mind. The election of “democratic socialists,” and the...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Trump’s “Great Gatsby Party” At His Mar-a-Lago Club on October 31 Was In Poor Taste

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, is our country’s largest anti-hunger program for men,...

FRED FIRST: Winter is Coming: Make Ready!

Though a few poetic souls and tree-hugging types like me will make soft cooing noises...

BOB BROWN: “I don’t see how I can go on like this”

The round, sad Asian American face of the 26-year-old single Soldier sitting uncomfortably in front...

SCOT BELLAVIA: God in the Library

Talking to strangers about God is a muscle I don’t work very often. But I...

SERWAN ZANGANA: Sens. Warner/Kaine Show At Greenway Bridge A Distraction From Looming Crises

The visit from Virginia’s two Democrat Senators, Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, at Roanoke’s Smith Park and their announcement of $2.5 million in federal...

MIKE KEELER: Welcome To Taxation Nation

You’re probably pretty grumpy right about now. And I’m here to explain why. The Founding Fathers were apprehensive from the beginning. They had just broken...

SERWAN ZANGANA: Democrats Approved Disastrous 2021 U.S Exit From Afghanistan But Now Scapegoat Trump

Unsurprisingly and again, former President Donald Trump is being blamed for another chaotic failure of President Joe Biden. In a brief statement to reporters...

SCOT BELLAVIA: Quitting a Book

I used to think it was virtuous to finish every book I started. You know the advice: “Always finish what you start.” This was...

DEVOTIONAL: Jesus’ 7 Sayings From The Cross (6 & 7)

“It is finished!” --John 19:30 (NIV) “Into Your hands I commit My spirit.”  -- Luke 23:46 (NIV) Today is Good Friday, the day Christians commemorate the...

SCOTT DREYER: What A City Skyline Tells You

A few years ago I took a history class about the role and perceptions of religion in Colonial America. One image that impressed me...