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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...

JOY SYLVESTER-JOHNSON: Children

After a little more than nine months of waiting, my seventh grandchild, Dafydd Anders Shields made his safe and greatly anticipated arrival. Waiting is not...

DICK BAYNTON: Equality

It is interesting to note that most of us live in a world of equality. For example, most capitalist democracies offer equal opportunity for...

MIKE KEELER: Asa Hunt House Update Part Six

In the 1850's, something new fired to life on the banks of the Delaware River. The city of Trenton held a strategic location at...

LUCKY GARVIN: A Tribute To Cheryl

We all have but a moment on Earth; yet some moments are too short, even by our standards. Take our Cheryl: She wasn’t very...

DICK BAYNTON: Union Rules

Union members pay dues to the local and adhere to the rules that are posted and enforced by union representatives, often called, ‘business agents.’...

DICK BAYNTON: An American Algorithm (Part II)

This column follows last week’s comments about trying to solve our problems of divisiveness. The United States, at just 243 years of age is...