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BOB BROWN: “Portraits of the Human Person”

On the night of June 21, 2025, President Donald Trump said all seven B2 Bombers had safely returned from an unprecedented successful attack on Iran’s fortresses of nuclear weapon...

BECKY MAUPIN: The After Bedtime Search

Picture this: You manage to get everyone fed and the dinner aftermath cleaned up. Then...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Israel’s Second Sum Of All Fears

I first heard about a dirty bomb in early September 1993 when an IBM coworker,...

BOB BROWN: What Happened to Happiness?

We can quibble about the origin, even the definition or meaning of “happiness,” but I’m...

FRED FIRST: Homeward Bound

It would happen: the trip back to Floyd. And then it wouldn’t. And then it...

SERWAN ZANGANA: The Indoctrination of Children in Roanoke County Schools Must Stop

On May 18, at Roanoke County School Board meeting Mr. Damon Gettier, whose son attends Glen Cove Elementary School, spoke up candidly. He complained...

FRED FIRST: Passages – Remembering How I Got to NOW

In the very wee hours, I gently opened the sliding doors onto the porch, coffee in hand, to watch the fireflies rise from the...

DEVOTIONAL: You Were Designed For Community (3)

Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position. Do not be conceited. ...

MIKE KEELER: It’s Time to Celebrate Something Celestial, Revolutionary and Simply Good.

Let's start at the beginning. Camellia sinensis first came down to us humans from high above. Originally found growing on the slopes of the...

DEVOTIONAL: You Were Designed For Community (2)

It is not good that man should be alone (....) -Gen. 2:18 (NKJV) For the past few years we've heard much about the Covid epidemic,...

SERWAN ZANGANA: American Soldiers Will Always Prevail

The distinguished people who sacrificed their lives did not defend America only; they protected the value and the dignity of all the American people...