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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...

The Prediction: Spring Beyond The Storm

To be a meteorologist in the Roanoke Valley is not a profession I would care for. There’s something about our mountains, our topography, which...

Get In Touch With Your Inner Tortoise

I heard this expression while watching a TED Talk given by Carl Honore, a journalist who has written for The Economist and The Houston Chronicle and author of...

Government: Accountability Abrogated

In December 2013, a 46 year-old Mexican national named Jose Luis Ramirez-Dorantes was sentenced in a San Diego federal court to 55 years in...

The Hidden Persuaders

Such was the title of a book published in 1957 by Vance Packard. A newspaper journalist by trade, he eventually turned to books and...

Born and Raised on a Trampoline

Ok, so the title is a little bit of an exaggeration. Still, I did spend an awful lot of time on our trampoline when...

Wild Bill’s Sports Roundup!

Oh, goodness. I think I'm hearing some slurred chirping coming from The Chief's office. Not sure, but I think The Chief's Perfect Polly may need...