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ROBERT L. MARONIC: The US Media’s Monomaniacal Obsession With Nancy Guthrie’s Kidnapping

I do not mean to downplay the tremendous tragedy of the kidnapping of Savannah Guthrie's elderly mother. However, in regard to the around-the-clock televised and social media coverage since...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Barack and Michelle Obama Are Neither Apes Nor Monkeys

I read an article from the BBC on February 6 entitled, "Trump says he 'didn't...

BOB BROWN: AGING POETICALLY, PART I

Too often, the human race is a race against time. Until recently, I was a...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Twenty Reasons For Regime Change in Iran

1. The kidnapping of 66 Americans at the U.S. embassy in Tehran on November 4, 1979,...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: When Is Trump’s Promise To Iran That “Help Is On The Way” Finally Going To Happen?

There was a horrific, chaotic carnage in the streets of Iran during a nationwide protest on January 8...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Cheating Has No Place At Roanoke College

Ten members of the Roanoke College women's swim team (non-audio) held a news conference (audio) on October 5 at the Hotel Roanoke protesting the inclusion...

MELINDA MYERS: Enjoy Apples Now and For Months to Come

We’ve all heard an apple a day keeps the doctor away. But did you know an apple before grocery shopping means you will buy...

FRED FIRST: Family Time – Black Mountain North Carolina

We recently spent a few days away, a few hours from home, with both our children (and one spouse) and two grand-children in Black...

SCOT BELLAVIA: A Minute in My Neighborhood

Laying on our blanket covered with the earliest crumbles of fallen leaves, I see our mailman four houses down. My one-year-old daughter, C–—, stands...

DEVOTIONAL: Three Mile-Per-Hour God

As they talked and discussed, Jesus himself drew near and walked along with them. --Luke 24:15 (GNT) Do you ever feel like life is going...

MIKE KEELER: Attention Paraskevidekatriaphobiacs: It’s Worse Than You Think . . .

As I alluded to last week, the Gregorian calendar was first rolled out in 1582, and was fully adopted by Europe in 1752. In...