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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...

MORGAN GRIFFITH: The Legislator and the Ombudsman

During the recent election season, many congressional candidates who voted against various spending bills were criticized by their opponents for voting against those bills...

DENNIS GARVIN: Banking On The Afterlife – Or Not

I have spent many years in thought about what I write below. I anticipate scoffers. Thus, I must present my credentials. Not as a...

MIKE KEELER: Out of The Darkness Came A Pretty Bright Idea

Hamburg is one tough town. Since it was established by Charlemagne in 808 as the northern outpost of the Holy Roman Empire, Hamburg has...

BOB BROWN: At Last . . .

Few people experience within themselves a burst of quiet illumination.  It unites the cognitive, sacred, and deeply emotional realization of awareness that something entirely...

SERWAN ZANGANA: The Threat of BRICS Currency to The U.S Dollar

 In April 2023, in an event in Roanoke, I asked Senator Mark Warner, D, VA, about the threat of BRICS on the American dollar...

MELINDA MYERS: Holiday Creations From Indoor and Garden Plants

Don’t let winter stop you from bringing a bit of the outdoors inside. Take a break from the holiday rush for a bit of...