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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 years ago on the Fourth of July. I wasn’t asking how proud or embarrassed...

BOB BROWN: “Portraits of the Human Person”

On the night of June 21, 2025, President Donald Trump said all seven B2 Bombers...

BECKY MAUPIN: The After Bedtime Search

Picture this: You manage to get everyone fed and the dinner aftermath cleaned up. Then...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Israel’s Second Sum Of All Fears

I first heard about a dirty bomb in early September 1993 when an IBM coworker,...

BOB BROWN: What Happened to Happiness?

We can quibble about the origin, even the definition or meaning of “happiness,” but I’m...

RACHEL BURKS: Gardening for Health and Your Wallet

When money is tight, vegetable gardening is one solution that can benefit your wallet AND your health!  Although gardening can be quite expensive if...

LUCKY GARVIN: Way On Back In The Day

--.  ---,  …---  -.-. -.-. -.--! Each afternoon, my father-in-law and I watch a movie. He especially likes westerns; they take him back and jog...

JEFF ELL: Snow In May

"Snow in May-Poor man's pay . . ." That’s what an old farmer told me. But snow on Mother's Day? Not sure what the old...

MIKE KEELER: Happy Mother’s Day – I Think . . .

So... Mother's Day will be a little challenging this year..but consider the drama of how it all began... Anna started it. She was a clerk...

COVID-19 in VA: Statistically Speaking You’re Very Unlikely to Be “A Statistic”

After TWO MONTHS of government imposed economic shutdown the VA Dept of Health and the John’s Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center confirm that as of...

SCOTT DREYER: Whom Are You Serving?

"The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender." - Proverbs 22:7 (NIV) In 1979 Bob Dylan released his huge hit...