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FRED FIRST: Homeward Bound

It would happen: the trip back to Floyd. And then it wouldn’t. And then it would and it is and I have just a few days to pack. The idea...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) Needs To Be Censured

Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA), who appears to be a self-important crackpot, tried hysterically (without officially...

LUCKY GARVIN: Tommy

I watched a little boy say, `Goodbye' the other day. The `little boy', Tommy, is...

BOB BROWN: A Rose

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) wrote many memorable lines including, “A rose by any other name would...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Hey, Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), Shut The H*ll Up

According to the second half of Ecclesiastes 3:8 (paraphrased), there is a time for peace...

Leveraging Tennis to Combat Youth Mental Health Challenges

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy warns that today's youth mental health crisis is the "defining public health issue of our time." He's right. American adolescents...

SCOTT DREYER: Roanoke County Swamps Polls In Early Voting

Some complain that "Election Day" has now become "Election Season." Early voting began across the Old Dominion on Friday, Sept. 20, which puts Virginia...

SERWAN ZANGANA: Cultural Destruction, Wars’ Drama Destabilize All Peoples

Humans are the producers of their cultures, and they are also the contributors to their own cultural destruction. It is the ongoing equation of...

MORGAN GRIFFITH: VA Tech North End Zone Holds Great Memories / Treasures

For those who go to Virginia Tech football games, you will notice jerseys that hang in the north end zone of Lane Stadium. The numbers...

MIKE KEELER: A Singular Grace

Once upon a time, there was a woman named Grace. And she wrote a poem, called My Mountains, the first part of which goes...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Joe Biden’s Pathetic Example Of A Work Ethic

I read in The New York Post on September 7 that the octogenarian Joe Biden has unbelievably spent "about 40%" of his time as president...