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BECKY MAUPIN: Overwhelmed Doesn’t Mean Ungrateful

If you’re on social media for any amount of time, you pretty quickly see that there is mixed content. Some of it is positive and gives you really good...

BOB BROWN: When the Underdog Bites Has Rabies, and a Mean Owner

We have a strong human urge to identify with the “underdog.” There is nothing new...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Is Phase Two Of Trump‘s Peace Plan In The Gaza Strip Doomed To Fail? – Part II

Unfortunately, Trump’s present ceasefire as of October 9 is analogous to the armistice signed between...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Is Phase Two Of Trump‘s Peace Plan In The Gaza Strip Doomed To Fail? – Part I

Phase one of Trump‘s twenty-point peace plan in the Gaza Strip, which began on October...

FRED FIRST: Approaching the Longest Night

Yes, you’re right—if you’ve even noticed—that this space has been neglected for some weeks now,...

SERWAN ZANGANA: With God’s Help I Am Able to Conquer An Elevation of 7400 Feet

The Blue Ridge Marathon in Roanoke has become a traditional event for many people from across the nation and is certainly one of the...

SCOTT DREYER: May 8 (VE-Day) Reminds Us…Good Can Conquer Evil

The future is unknowable, but the past should give us hope. --Winston Churchill It is easy to get discouraged in today's world: scary headlines, crises...

MIKE KEELER: No No No No No! (Or as they say in Spanish, ¡NO!)

It's Friday, the end of the week, so maybe you're thinking you can let yourself go a little bit, and you can drive through...

MELINDA MYERS: Grow Easy-Care Mandevillas for Season-Long Color

Bold color, tropical beauty, and easy-care mandevillas make excellent additions to patios, decks, and gardens. Train them onto a trellis, allow them to cascade...

SERWAN ZANGANA: They Want to Destroy The American Dream – Pray God Will Protect It

It was one day in late March 1991, in the City of Erbil in Kurdistan-Iraq, when I learned how easily leaders can betray people....

DEVOTIONAL: Borrowers vs. Givers

The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous give generously. -- Psalm 37:21 (NIV) Though often attributed to Benjamin Franklin, "Neither a borrower nor...