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ANDY PITZER: “Look Mom! No iPhone!”

A very interesting visually recorded interview showed up on my feed the other night. In 1966, several British adolescents were interviewed about their vision of the future (circa year...

FRED FIRST: There And Back Again

RECAP: I would be able to visit southwest Virginia again–home for almost 40 years, and...

SCOT BELLAVIA: Am I Proud to Be an American?

How proud are you to be an American? I posted that question on Facebook a few...

BOB BROWN: “Portraits of the Human Person”

On the night of June 21, 2025, President Donald Trump said all seven B2 Bombers...

BECKY MAUPIN: The After Bedtime Search

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

DEVOTIONAL: Use Your Performance Enhancing Power . . . Sleep

He maketh me to lie down... (KJV) --Psalm 23:2a Do you ever feel like you're barely hanging on, stressed to the max, and your tank...

FRED FIRST: Where Are You From?

I started writing in 2002 such that total strangers could read over my shoulder as a way of telling myself—and those who cared to...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: West African Slave Trade: Buyers and Sellers

Last week I read an article in The Washington Post published on March 28 entitled “Harris Touches on Africa’s Painful Past - and Youthful Future”...

SERWAN ZANGANA: With God’s Help I Am Able to Conquer An Elevation of 7400 Feet

The Blue Ridge Marathon in Roanoke has become a traditional event for many people from across the nation and is certainly one of the...

SCOTT DREYER: May 8 (VE-Day) Reminds Us…Good Can Conquer Evil

The future is unknowable, but the past should give us hope. --Winston Churchill It is easy to get discouraged in today's world: scary headlines, crises...

MIKE KEELER: No No No No No! (Or as they say in Spanish, ¡NO!)

It's Friday, the end of the week, so maybe you're thinking you can let yourself go a little bit, and you can drive through...