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ROBERT L. MARONIC: The First Lady Of New York City Is A Vile Anti-Semite – Part I

I read a despondent article in TheNew York Post entitled, “Mamdani’s Wife Rama Duwaji Liked Post Calling Oct. 7 Hamas Rapes Of Israelis A 'Mass Hoax': Report.”The afflicting article was co-written by Rich Calder and Doree Lewak and...

BOB BROWN: Peace of Mind, Part III: The Secure Attachment

In the conclusion of this series, I find myself looking back at a specific decade...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: The US Is Already An Empire – Part II

New York Times columnist Ross Douthat observed in a highly accurate op-ed entitled “The American Empire in Retreat,”...

FRED FIRST: There And Back Again

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

ROBERT L. MARONIC: The US Is Already An Empire – Part I

I read a misinformed article in the New York Times on February 27, which was written by Edward Wong. The article’s title was “Trump’s Foreign Policy:...

MELINDA MYERS: Plant a Few Trees for You and The Bees

Fall is a great time to add trees to your landscape. Not only do they provide shade, remove pollutants from the air, and help...

FRED FIRST: Nothing Gold… Autumn Is The Season for Letting Go

Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to...

SCOTT DREYER: Life Lessons From “Sookie”

Dale Grgurich is a friend who recently recently lost his beloved dog and hiking buddy, Sookie. Here is his story and some "life lessons"...

SCOTT DREYER: A Surprise Attack on Israel . . . And The Band Played On . . .

Last Saturday, as many of us here in Southwest and Central Virginia were enjoying the start to a beautiful October weekend, we got news...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: The UAW Strike Demand Of A Thirty-Two-Hour Workweek Is Absurd

In 1978 as a Roanoke College student I had a full-time summer job working as a union machinist for the American Can Company in...

DEVOTIONAL: B.U.S.Y. (4)

There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God. --Hebrews 4:9 (NIV) Do you ever feel frustrated that there "just aren't enough hours in...