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ROBERT L. MARONIC: Russia’s Inhumanity To Russians – Part I

The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, located in modern Belarus, formally ended Bolshevik Russia's participation in World War I on March 3, 1918. Since then, both the Red Army and its successor, the Russian...

JOHNNY ROBINSON: The Changing of the Tires

The car I drive now doesn’t even have a spare tire. Can you believe that?...

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...

SCOTT DREYER: Governor Continues To Name Winners and Losers

By their fruits you will know them (....)  -- Matthew 7:16a The Roanoke Times did us a service, I believe, with its May 5 editorial:...

JAMES FINCK: Historically Speaking – Marxists vs. Fascists

Happy Memorial Day. Here is my latest Historically Speaking. With some of the name calling going around I am looking at the difference between...

LEE H. HAMILTON: Exceptional? Only If We Get To Work

Like most Americans, I have always considered the United States an exceptional country.  We possess a political system built on checks and balances, an...

RACHEL BURKS: Gardening for Health and Your Wallet

When money is tight, vegetable gardening is one solution that can benefit your wallet AND your health!  Although gardening can be quite expensive if...

LUCKY GARVIN: Way On Back In The Day

--.  ---,  …---  -.-. -.-. -.--! Each afternoon, my father-in-law and I watch a movie. He especially likes westerns; they take him back and jog...

JEFF ELL: Snow In May

"Snow in May-Poor man's pay . . ." That’s what an old farmer told me. But snow on Mother's Day? Not sure what the old...