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ROBERT L. MARONIC: When Is Trump’s Promise To Iran That “Help Is On The Way” Finally Going To Happen?

There was a horrific, chaotic carnage in the streets of Iran during a nationwide protest on January 8 and 9. Tens of thousands of unarmed protesters were shot dead in an indiscriminate slaughter...

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

I could not possibly do justice to my first visit a half hour south of...

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: Lost and Found

July 8, 2025

All of us encounter loss. The meaning we attribute to loss influences our response to it. Our losses accumulate. They range from minor to...

FRED FIRST: Where You’re From

July 8, 2025

In the very early years of writing, I was exposed to a poem called “Where I’m From” by Kentucky poet, George Ella Lyon; and...

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

July 7, 2025

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...

ANDY PITZER: “Look Mom! No iPhone!”

July 4, 2025

A very interesting visually recorded interview showed up on my feed the other night. In 1966, several British adolescents were interviewed about their vision...

FRED FIRST: There And Back Again

July 4, 2025

RECAP: I would be able to visit southwest Virginia again–home for almost 40 years, and the place I wrote about as if I would...

SCOT BELLAVIA: Am I Proud to Be an American?

July 3, 2025

How proud are you to be an American? I posted that question on Facebook a few years ago on the Fourth of July. I wasn’t...

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CAREY KINSOLVING: KIDS TALK ABOUT GOD

The Roanoke Star - February 9, 2026

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

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

If The World Is Getting Hotter, Why On Day 14 After Paralyzing Ice Storm Does SWVA Still Look Like Frozen Tundra With Wind Chills...

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CAREY KINSOLVING: KIDS TALK ABOUT GOD

If The World Is Getting Hotter, Why On Day 14 After Paralyzing Ice Storm Does SWVA Still Look Like Frozen Tundra With Wind Chills...

Gov. Spanberger Bans State Police/Agencies From Cooperating With Federal Immigration Law Enforcement

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