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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...

MELINDA MYERS: Harvest, Store and Preserve Herbs From The Garden

Keep enjoying your homegrown herbs all year round. Harvest throughout the growing season and include them in garden-fresh meals. Then preserve a few for...

Playing on The Railroad Tracks

My Aunt Flip and Uncle Walter lived in a small white frame house right smack by the railroad tracks near Charlottesville. Fitting, since Walter...

SCOTT DREYER: Guest Opinion On Sexually-Explicit Materials In Schools

In recent years, the questions of what is being taught in schools and parental rights have attracted much attention and debate. Most political observers...

SCOT BELLAVIA: In Which I Write My Heart on the Page

What is a book or an essay or an article? Countless hours spent on a single story or one topic. Countless because much of...

DEVOTIONAL: Are We Listening For God’s Voice?

"Speak, LORD, for your servant is listening." -I Samuel 3:9b (NIV) In a touching story in the Bible, we read that a young woman named...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Our Borders Are Secure?

se•cure /si-?kyur, -'ky?r/ adjective comparative: securer (more secure); superlative: securest (most secure) The Merriam-Webster Dictionary primarily defines the word secure when used as an adjective as either "free from danger"...