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BECKY MAUPIN: Overwhelmed Doesn’t Mean Ungrateful

If you’re on social media for any amount of time, you pretty quickly see that there is mixed content. Some of it is positive and gives you really good...

BOB BROWN: When the Underdog Bites Has Rabies, and a Mean Owner

We have a strong human urge to identify with the “underdog.” There is nothing new...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Is Phase Two Of Trump‘s Peace Plan In The Gaza Strip Doomed To Fail? – Part II

Unfortunately, Trump’s present ceasefire as of October 9 is analogous to the armistice signed between...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Is Phase Two Of Trump‘s Peace Plan In The Gaza Strip Doomed To Fail? – Part I

Phase one of Trump‘s twenty-point peace plan in the Gaza Strip, which began on October...

FRED FIRST: Approaching the Longest Night

Yes, you’re right—if you’ve even noticed—that this space has been neglected for some weeks now,...

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...