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ROBERT L. MARONIC: The Heroism Of Ahmed Al-Ahmed At Bondi Beach In Sydney, Australia

Not all Muslims are bad people. In fact, most Muslims are good and decent people. However, such a plethora of extremist fundamentalist Muslims as ISIS, Al-Qaeda, Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, Hezbollah, Taliban,...

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...

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...

Finding Our Better Selves: Remembering Alison and Adam – by Joe Dashiel

It’s tough enough to come to work at two in the morning. It’s even harder to persuade other people to get up in time...

Taking Heart

“This climate stuff makes me feel like crap,” a relative told me, tossing aside some ecology mail he wanted nothing to do with. “I'm...

Reflections of A Former Darwinist

I am a reasonably educated man.  Valedictorian of my college class, honors graduate of medical school, product of a surgical subspecialty training program ranked...

Thor’s Second Chance

Several weeks ago, Sabrina and I witnessed a twisted irony. But before I tell you what happened, a brief word of preface: There was...

Thou Shall Not Hate

FIRST READING JAMES 1:17-27/ GOSPEL MARK 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23  Watching the tragic events unfold at Smith Mountain Lake, in which two of our local television reporters...

Enough of Reaction!

In June I wrote an article after the Charleston massacre. Go to roanokestar.com, enter Hollingsworth guns in the search box and you can find...