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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,...

SCOTT DREYER: “Just Because It’s Online…”

Since becoming a teacher in 1987, I've tried to maintain my credibility by being honest with my students and "telling it like it is."...

SCOTT DREYER: “Atomic Habits” Mastermind Starts Tomorrow

Can you figure out who the poem "Who Am I?" is talking about? I am your constant companion. I am your greatest helper or your heaviest...

DEVOTIONAL: Arise and Work

Of the gold, silver, bronze, and iron there is no limit. Arise and work, and may the LORD be with you.  -- I Chronicles...

DEVOTIONAL: Know What To Do

From Issachar, men who understood the times and knew what Israel should do (...)  - I Chronicles 12:32a (Berean Study Bible) Someone once quipped, "There...

Will Sen. Edwards Block Gas, Grocery, Tax Relief?

As reported in The Roanoke Star on March 28, the Virginia General Assembly dismissed last month yet failed in their responsibility to create a...

SCOTT DREYER: Headline Round-up

As reported in The Roanoke Star yesterday, it only took major news outlets like The New York Times, the Washington Post, CNN and many...