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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, women, and children. 42 million poor Americans lost their SNAP benefits (f.k.a. food stamps)...

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...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Antisemite Zohran Mamdani Will Be An Economic Disaster For New York City – Part IV

As Gabrielle Fahmy wrote in the Post, "in its most recent platform, the group blasts...

SCOT BELLAVIA: Before I Forget

I have a website on which I’ve linked all my articles for The Roanoke Star as well as others I’ve written. The site is...

JAMES FINCK: Christmas 2021 – The Need To Forgive

As I have considered how I wanted to end this year, I knew I wanted to try to bring a message of hope and...

MELINDA MYERS: Bring a Bit of Spring Color Indoors

Pot them up, give them a chill and enjoy spring flowering bulbs indoors or outside on a patio, deck or porch. This is a great...

Countdown to Freedom: 32 Days

by Kerry Dougherty Republished by arrangement with Bacon's Rebellion. Oh look. California’s dopey governor is following New York’s crazy executive. They’re both re-instituting what didn’t work the...

Diversity Statements Snuff Out Academic Freedom

by Dr. Allan Stam Republished by arrangement with Bacon's Rebellion. Why should you care about faculty review policies at the University of Virginia and other public...

Accidental Activists

by Asra Q. Nomani In most of our lives as mama bears and papa bears facing activists in a campaign for the soul of America’s...
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