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JOHNNY ROBINSON: Keep it Fun

It was a while back, maybe twenty years ago. I was setting up for an exhibition of some of my photography. It was a modest affair in a local...

SERWAN ZANGANA: By Killing HB 295, VA Senate Democrats Devalue Lives of Correctional Officers

Delegate Mitchell Cornett (R-Grayson County) introduced HB 295 in this year's General Assembly. Its goal...

BOB BROWN: While the World Slept: The Pathogens of Chaos Part II: The Divergent Path

Before we can address the fracturing of our civilization, we must be precise in our...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Pope Leo XIV Needs To Shut Up About The US-Israeli War Against Genocidal Iran – Part III

Pope Leo XIV is extremely naive in assuming that both the US and Israel can...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Pope Leo XIV Needs To Shut Up About The US-Israeli War Against Genocidal Iran – Part II

The malign mullahs in Tehran and the IRGC view all the Iranian people as potential cannon fodder,...

SCOTT DREYER: Will Supreme Court Nomination Default to “Smear and Destroy?”

With the September 18 passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Supreme Court is (once again) at the forefront of our national conversation -...

MIKE KEELER: “Pi-KAHN,” or “PEE-can”? Who Knows!

We've learned that pandemics are times of intense personal and communal distress, softened somewhat by the simple act of cooking. So, in the interest...

EVAN O’NEIL: Don’t Let Fall Mean Falling Temperatures

According to historical weather records, the summer of 2020 in Southwest Virginia has been 5-10 degrees hotter on any given day than the average...

MELINDA MYERS: Create New Garden Beds This Fall

Fall is a great time to create new garden beds. Cool, usually drier, fall weather makes it easier to work in the garden and...

SCOT BELLAVIA: Is The World Getting Better or Worse?

Can anyone deny that wrongdoing has been around since the beginning of humanity? Whether you believe in the book of Genesis, the Big Bang...

SCOTT DREYER: 7-7: Protect The Constitution, So It Can Protect You

Then the LORD answered me and said: “Write the vision And make it plain on tablets, That he may run who reads it.”  --...