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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....

MIKE KEELER: Here’s To The Original American “Bourbon Red” Turkey

Here's the history: way back in 913, France was ruled by a king named Charles the Simple. He had a buddy named Aymar who...

STUART REVERCOMB: The Great Divide

As great a development as the internet has been for humanity, it – like all “progress” - has its downside. And like most technology...

DICK BAYNTON: From Bondage to Bondage

We have seen and read the steps from bondage back to bondage by various skeptics, experts, political scientists and commentators; here’s a recent list:...

STUART REVERCOMB: 247 Words . . .

How would you have liked to open up for Abraham Lincoln in Gettysburg on Nov 19, 1863? Somebody had to, so why not one Edward...

HAYDEN HOLLINGSWORTH: Does Character Count?

Is there anyone who is not exhausted by the current deluge of political frenzy?  The only thing that seems certain is that polarization is...

Dr. JAMES W. FINCK: Historical Forgiveness

For me Heaven will not be Heaven unless there is a history symposium at least once a week. For this week’s symposium they are...