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SCOT BELLAVIA: God in the Library

Talking to strangers about God is a muscle I don’t work very often. But I try to take the opportunity when it comes up. A few weeks ago, I was...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Antisemite Zohran Mamdani Will Be An Economic Disaster For New York City – Part IV

As Gabrielle Fahmy wrote in the Post, "in its most recent platform, the group blasts...

BOB BROWN: The Smell of Combat

Consider the psychological cost incurred by the men and women in our military. They give...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Antisemite Zohran Mamdani Will Be An Economic Disaster For New York City – Part III

I read an article in the New York Post on August 24 written by Gabrielle Fahmy entitled,...

SCOTT DREYER: VA Voter Guide

This is the voter guide from the Faith & Freedom Coalition. As I've done door knocking...

Recipe of the Week: Watermelon Banana Split

I was cutting a watermelon for a cook-out at my neighbors and it occurred to me very suddenly, that watermelon is such a...

Wretched Bits of Being

In the great outdoors of the Roanoke Valley, have you noticed all those odd yellow, orange, or gray patches on alpine rocks or...

How Do You Keep Going When Things Get Tough? By Carey Kinsolving

"By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity -- another man's, I mean," wrote Mark Twain. If you're reduced to human resources, there's...

Walter Cronkite . . . Please Come Back

“And that’s the way it is.” When he signed off the nightly news with those words, we all went to bed believing that was...

Routines, Ruts and New Experiences

I have to start this article with a big praise to all of the folks who coordinated the “Diamond Dash” in downtown Roanoke...

Off the Beaten Path in La Dolomiti

“Buon giorno.” We’ve passed many day hikers today –the Italians love their mountains and love hiking among the high peaks- but the woman in...