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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,...

MIKE KEELER: Jimmy Carter’s One Last Battle

Jimmy Carter has gone into hospice care in Georgia. But he’s hoping to win one last battle before his time runs out. Back in 1982,...

FRED FIRST: The Genie of GPT4 – A Transformational Shift in Everything, Everywhere

Last week, unless you live under a rock, you probably noticed that almost every news blurb, web source and TV anchor-person mentioned--or more likely...

SCOTT DREYER: Relaxed! US Senate Has Not Had Full Vote In 7 Months

Overwork is a huge problem for a lot of people, but one group seems to have found a way to avoid it: long known...

DEVOTIONAL: Honor Marriage

Give honor to marriage, and remain faithful to one another in marriage. God will surely judge people who are immoral and those who commit...

SCOTT DREYER: My Comments At VA Education Town Hall Regarding Social Studies Reforms

On March 16, two members of the State Education Board and one official from the Education Department came to Roanoke as part of their...

SCOTT DREYER: Why Study History? Why Know Your Mother’s Name?

"A nation which does not remember what it was yesterday, does not know what it is today, nor what it is trying to do....