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BOB BROWN: How the White House Functioned With a Diminished Biden “Presidency”

Permit me to think out loud as an old-fashioned person who respects authority, history, and knowledge. I value logical, critical reasoning. I respect the law, and I believe truth...

JOHNNY ROBINSON: The Gratitude Perch

On the old road up Mill Mountain, part of Roanoke’s fabulous greenway system, there’s a...

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...

Oh, For The Sake Of A Little Self-Esteem

by Keith McCurdy Have you ever done an internet search on self-esteem?  I just did and wow, I think satellites are still linking up...

How Good Words Go Bad

by Mike Keeler Start with a perfectly good word.  Take, for example, "cacher," which comes from the Latin "coactare - to constrain" and which...

Grilled Meats and Vegetables Over Saffron Orzo

by Leigh Sackett I get overzealous about a lot of things! But one thing at the top of my overzealous list is … SPRING!!! As...

The Sound of One Hand Typing

by Fred First I’ve been around the writer’s block a time or two. Pretty much every early morning for some years now, I’ve plopped...

Smartphones and Being Smart

by Stephanie Koehler I recently had a series of hardware malfunctions that left me intermittently without my smartphone for several weeks.  While I frequently...

Green Flames and Solar Salamanders: Evidence of Evolution At-Large

by H. Bruce Rinker, Ph.D. Earlier this spring, science writer Connie Barlow sent me an e-mail about an awe-inspiring scientific discovery.  Scientists in Uruguay...