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ROBERT L. MARONIC: I No Longer Watch Baltimore Orioles’ Baseball Games

I no longer watch Baltimore Orioles’ baseball games. I now only watch innings, and if I do I watch maybe two or three. I prefer to watch innings because frankly...

ANDY PITZER: “Look Mom! No iPhone!”

A very interesting visually recorded interview showed up on my feed the other night. In...

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...

SERWAN ZANGANA: In Many Ways, Kurdistan Is Safer Than Roanoke City

After 16 years, I returned to Kurdistan-Iraq in June of this year to visit some friends and relatives. With a different perspective than I...

DEVOTIONAL: Encourage One Another

Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.  - I Thessalonians 5:11 (NIV) Born in 1934, pastor,...

SCOTT DREYER: Color Up Your Garden With Coneflowers

This being late August, most gardeners are winding down the season. However, this column is intended to give you a headstart tip for next...

DEVOTIONAL: Follow The Instructions

Those who love your instructions have great peace (....) -Psalms 119:65 (NLT) Have you heard the comment, "When all else fails, read the instructions"? Recently my...

SCOTT DREYER: Twitter Tyrants Relent In Face Of Backlash

Disclosure: I have been off Twitter since late 2020. There are many reasons for it. One, Twitter's censorship of the story of Hunter Biden's so-called "laptop...

DEVOTIONAL: Don’t Eat This Fruit!

You have eaten the fruit of lies (...)  --Hosea 10:13 (NLT) From grandma's advice to the "Four Food Groups" posters in the school cafeteria we...