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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...

SCOTT DREYER: Happy Constitution Day!

(...) Write the vision, and make it plain (....)   --Habakkuk 2:2b Once as a history major at William and Mary I heard our Sunday School teacher...

SCOTT DREYER: 9/11 at 20- Reflect and Remember

Remember the former things, those of long ago (....) -- Isaiah 46:9a Reflecting on this eve of the 20th anniversary of the horrific 9/11 attacks,...

MELINDA MYERS: Core Aerating The Lawn

The extreme heat and drought of 2021 across much of the country has turned many lawns brown. Damaged lawns may be thin, contain dead...

SCOTT DREYER: Pro-Abortion A.G. Mark Herring Doubles Down

Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves (....) -- Proverbs 31:8a Before I formed you in the womb I knew you (....) --...

SCOT BELLAVIA: Another Least Funny Joke

Familiar to every fiancé and expectant father is some derivation of “the ball and chain” joke. Perhaps meant for commiseration, this humor is discouraging if...

MELINDA MYERS: Keep Gardening After the First Fall Frost

There is nothing worse than frost in the forecast and a garden full of vegetables not quite ready for picking. Use some simple strategies...
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