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JOHNNY ROBINSON: The Gratitude Perch

On the old road up Mill Mountain, part of Roanoke’s fabulous greenway system, there’s a small slab of concrete and brick on the edge of the blacktop. It’s about...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Sometimes President Trump Needs To Think Before He Speaks – Part II

Contrary to what President Trump believes, I think that Lakanwal was adequately vetted before September 2021,...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Sometimes President Trump Needs To Think Before He Speaks – Part I

I read an article in the New York Post written by Ryan King on November 27 entitled...

BOB BROWN: The American Flag

All my life, I’ve loved the American flag. I was taught there is something special...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: There Is No Need For A U.S. Ground War In Venezuela

The easiest way to overthrow Nicolás Maduro, the narco-terrorist dictator of Venezuela, is to finance an insurgency....

Recipe of the Week: Anthony’s Apple Oatmeal Crumble

by Leigh Sackett Recently I got up at 5:30 AM to go to the grocery store. It was that kind of day - I...

Is Anything Working?

by Hayden Hollingsworth Well, let’s see now . . . is anything going well? The world financial markets are totally unsettled and, as if that...

Saw Horses Are So Easy

by John Robinson My friend Broaddus had built a workshop out of a shed and I was helping him finish it out. There were...

Tending the Garden by Stuart Revercomb

This summer I planted a very nice garden on my land in Callaway. I had two rows of carrots, four rows of lima...

Sweet and Sad – The Timing of Life

by Lucky Garvin Had I arrived 60 seconds sooner or sixty seconds later, I would have missed one of the sweetest, saddest things that...

Trouble In The Classroom

by Mary Jo Shannon Only once during my elementary school days did I find myself in trouble with school authorities. The memory of that...