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FRED FIRST: Missouri’s Capitol City: First-Time Tourist

I could not possibly do justice to my first visit a half hour south of home to the Missouri Capitol Building in Jefferson City yesterday. But I will go...

BOB BROWN: The Triumph of Terrible Feelings Over Judgment

Today, our way of life is dominated by powerful, fast-moving, extreme emotions — especially anger,...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: President Trump Owes The UK An Apology

I read a disturbing and disquieting article in the New York Times on January 23 entitled,...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) Is a Defeatist

I read an article in the New York Post by Emily Crane on January 26 entitled,...

BOB BROWN: Loss of the Sense of the Sacred

During World War II, men went to war and women went to work. But where...

SW VA, Nation Celebrate 400th Thanksgiving

"… Let them therefore praise the Lord, because He is good, and His mercies endure forever. Yea, let them that have been redeemed of...

SCOTT DREYER: Abraham Lincoln’s Proclamation Declaring Thanksgiving a National Holiday

Many of us associate Thanksgiving with turkey and football, but why do we celebrate it in November? And why is it always on a...

SCOTT DREYER: When I Learned What Thanksgiving Is About

O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.          -- Psalm 136:1 Most people probably associate...

DEVOTIONAL: Have an “Attitude of Gratitude”

Jesus asked, “Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine?  Has no one returned to give praise to God except this foreigner?” ...

SCOTT DREYER: “Red” Herring Gets the Pink Slip (Part 2)

(This is a follow-up to Part 1.) Early in Mark Herring’s term as Virginia Attorney General (AG), I was often concerned by his leftwing positions...

SCOTT DREYER: “Red” Herring Gets the Pink Slip (Part 1) 

If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools....