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SCOT BELLAVIA: God in the Library

Talking to strangers about God is a muscle I don’t work very often. But I try to take the opportunity when it comes up. A few weeks ago, I was...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Antisemite Zohran Mamdani Will Be An Economic Disaster For New York City – Part IV

As Gabrielle Fahmy wrote in the Post, "in its most recent platform, the group blasts...

BOB BROWN: The Smell of Combat

Consider the psychological cost incurred by the men and women in our military. They give...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Antisemite Zohran Mamdani Will Be An Economic Disaster For New York City – Part III

I read an article in the New York Post on August 24 written by Gabrielle Fahmy entitled,...

SCOTT DREYER: VA Voter Guide

This is the voter guide from the Faith & Freedom Coalition. As I've done door knocking...

Farewell Roanoke and Thanks for the Memories – Joe Kennedy

I should have left Roanoke when I retired seven years ago. But I didn't.  Lack of imagination, I guess. Now I am planning to move to...

Homeward Bond

I thought of the song "Homeward Bound" by Simon and Garfunkel as I was traveling to my childhood home recently to empty its contents...

It Takes a Village To Raise A Child

What a wonderful sentiment! It is warm and fuzzy and conjures up visions of a Norman Rockwell town with a little red schoolhouse, smiling...

The Hidden River Bed Of O’Hain

I am an avid reader of history; an aficionado, though not a student or teacher. But I recently came upon a story I had...

It’s Time to Welcome Hummingbirds—Properly!

Along with Spring and Summer comes Ruby-throated hummingbirds. If you have not yet put up a feeder to attract these tiny birds, it’s not...

Lessons Not Learned

One of the saddest facts of history is that the lessons it offers are rarely used in planning the future. When injustices result in...