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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: Jesus’ 7 Sayings From The Cross (2)

 Jesus answered him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.” Luke 23:43 (NIV) Some people wonder, "Are some people so evil,...

FRED FIRST: Your County’s Birds – Overhead In The Dark

The tree swallows’ false alarm this year came three weeks earlier than last year, with first sighting on March 1. But then, these early birds, after...

MIKE KEELER: Just A Wee Bit of Mud . . .

Good morning baseball fans. It's the day you've been waiting for. America’s National Pastime has returned! Hope is springing, bats are swinging, lots of...

DEVOTIONAL: Jesus’ 7 Sayings From The Cross (1)

Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." And they divided up his clothes by casting lots.  --Luke 23:34...

FRED FIRST: Digital Maps to Nature Literacy – Part 1

We create tools to work for us: to dig foundations, to hoist steel girders for bridges, to record our words and thoughts for others...

SERWAN ZANGANA: Roanoke City Teen Curfew Will Fail Because It Ignores Root Causes

Imposing a teen curfew in Roanoke City will not reduce gun violence as the Citizens have already experienced such a rule in the past....