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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....

SCOTT DREYER: Did You Know The Word “Gullible” Is Not In The Dictionary?

This old joke keeps coming to mind these past couple of weeks as I see the “news” and social media stories and commentaries seeking...

SCOT BELLAVIA: Six Logical Fallacies on Twitter Leading Up to The Election

Did you know 73% of statistics used as proof are made up on the spot? Including that one. When our argument can’t stand on itself...

SCOTT DREYER: Sometimes News Gatekeepers Call Elections Wrong 

Only simpletons believe everything they’re told! - Proverbs 14:15a The longer I live, the more I appreciate the genius of British author George Orwell, who...

SCOTT DREYER: 7-7: SIRI-ously Wrong

The gullible believe anything they’re told; the prudent sift and weigh every word.  -- Proverbs 14:15  The terms of the President and Vice President shall...

SCOTT DREYER: Yes, Virginia, There Is Such A Thing As “Voter Fraud”

But all things must be done properly and in an orderly way.  --I Corinthians 14:40 (NASB) “I consider it completely unimportant who in the party...

LUCKY GARVIN: The Driver

It was nearing Christmas this year; a hard-working Mexican-American family man was driving his fully-loaded semi along I-81 near Roanoke. His truck hadn’t felt...