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DAWN CUSTALOW: THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD

For all who wait For all who hunger For all who’ve prayed For all who wonder Behold... Christmas is composed of a story. A true and eternal story. Of true “Joy to the...

SCOTT DREYER: Christmas Through the Eyes of a Child

As adults, it is important to think of what messages we are giving the children...

FRED FIRST: Birds of a Feather

We were invited to join some geologist-birder friends for an outing last week that would...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Mr. President, Just Shut The H*ll Up

Nick Reiner, 32, the cocaine addicted and schizophrenic son of famed Hollywood sitcom actor, prolific...

BOB BROWN: “A Multitude of the Heavenly Host”

For many years, the Hon. B. Waugh Crigler, a former federal magistrate, taught the Men’s...

HAYDEN HOLLINGSWORTH: The Long Good-Bye

That was the title of a Raymond Chandler book published in 1953 and 20 years later became a classic movie.  The term today is...

DICK BAYNTON: Charlottesville; Where Modern Day Gladiators Met

On Saturday August 12th Charlottesville, VA was the scene of demonstrations and street fighting causing the death of 32-year-old Heather Heyer and injuries to...

MIKE KEELER: The VERY Tortured History of I-95

Ah, August. And the drive home from the beach vacation. Which brings to mind...the epic transportation complication. If you were a visitor to the United...

HAYDEN HOLLINGSWORTH: A Rude Awakening

Sometimes we don’t even know we have been asleep when an alarm bell unexpectedly rings.  Such happened for us this past week end.  For...

DICK BAYNTON: The Maelstrom of Mismanagement

There are myriad retirement plans, both government and private industry that cover millions of workers who toil during their working years to create a...

JOHNNY ROBINSON: The Little Red Volkswagen Bug

It was a 1956 model and one of the first Volkswagens in Roanoke, or so the legend goes. It had been acquired by Garland's...