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ROBERT L. MARONIC: Pope Leo XIV Needs To Shut Up About The US-Israeli War Against Genocidal Iran – Part I

It is estimated that an unbelievable 30,000 to 36,000 teenage, young, and middle-aged protesters were shot dead with impunity or executed in the streets of Iran on January 8 and 9. The nationwide protests began incrementally and accelerated...

BECKY MAUPIN: Still Tired?

“There is no way to be a perfect mother, and a million ways to be...

BOB BROWN: The Great Unhinging: A Clinical Emergency

We live in an age where the "tranquility of trivia"—a peace bought with endless, unimportant...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: The First Lady Of New York City Is A Vile Anti-Semite – Part II

According to the New York Post, Duwaji posted seventy times where she “took extreme positions against Israel and its supporters,” according to...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: The First Lady Of New York City Is A Vile Anti-Semite – Part I

I read a despondent article in The New York Post entitled, “Mamdani’s Wife Rama Duwaji Liked Post Calling Oct....

CAROLINE REVERCOMB: Distracted By Joy

The title of today's column came from a wonderful man in our little church on Bent Mountain. One Sunday he talked about being distracted...

HAYDEN HOLLINSWORTH: The Tenuous Monarch Migration

It’s that time of the year again.  Species of all varieties are packing up and leaving for their winter quarters.  The whole science of...

Dick Baynton: Fiscal Apocalypse: When?

The word apocalypse has several meanings of severity, one being catastrophe. The answer to the title question is that our great nation is already...

Dick Baynton: Celebrate but Recalibrate

We celebrate birthdays and anniversaries. We celebrate holidays. We celebrate victories in sports, business and……in wars. But sometimes, victories are hollow because someone was...

JOHNNY ROBINSON: Running Roanoke’s Seven Summits; Fun for Fools

Descending the rock-strewn trail from our brief visit to the summit of McAfee's Knob, the light from my headlamp is waning big-time; it's fading...

HAYDEN HOLLINGSWORTH: Diversity Revisited

We hear a lot about diversity these days.  There are even groups here in Roanoke to foster our understanding it.  Having attended one it...