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JOHNNY ROBINSON: The Changing of the Tires

The car I drive now doesn’t even have a spare tire. Can you believe that? I was suitably enamored with the vehicle to buy it anyway, though. I guess...

FRED FIRST: Facing Forward. Facing Back.

Maybe it’s okay that I can’t go back twenty Januarys past, or ten as a...

BOB BROWN: “A Very Heavy Heart For The State of The World”

A neighbor sent the following email to all who reside in this part of Albemarle...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Hands Off Denmark!

President Trump has repeatedly called for the annexation of Greenland since 2019, recently appointing former...

BOB BROWN: FITNESS AND DEMENTIA

We focus today on the role of fitness in the prevention and management of dementia....

ALISHA BREWER NELSON: Wind In Our Wings

When you are raised in a home by people who are not Christians, who are not living by Biblical principles - who are broken,...

SCOTT DREYER: What’s Good For The Goose?

Leadership is not having the right answers--it’s asking the right questions.  - Andy Stanley In my March 12 column, I erroneously claimed that US Senator...

MIKE KEELER: Play Ball! (And Pass The Mud . . .)

As snow melts in the Northeast, baseball fans’ thoughts turn south, toward spring training. Hopes for the new season are high. But what most...

SCOTT DREYER: Equality Act Takes Country in Wrong Direction

All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.  - George Orwell, Animal Farm Anyone who has read George Orwell appreciates his sense...

SCOTT DREYER: No Man Is An Island Indeed PART IV

The earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.  -Psalm 24:1 (KJV) In Parts 1, 2, and 3...

SCOT BELLAVIA: 4 Phrases People Should Stop Using

Maybe these are grammatical pet peeves, or maybe I’m onto something more profound. Either way, here are four phrases people should stop using. Opens Up:...