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BOB BROWN: “Teach Us to Number Our Days”

I was healthy and fit, a proponent of physical exercise, weighed myself daily with pleasing results, known for immodesty about how formerly and regularly I ran the Virginia 10...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Sanction Russia’s Shadow Fleet NOW

During the 2024 presidential campaign and going back to March 2023, President Trump repeatedly and...

DAWN CUSTALOW: A Mother’s Day to Remember

Mother’s Day - remembering and celebrating our mothers, not because they are or were perfect,...

FRED FIRST: Lonesome Highway: Helplessly Hoping

When we had two consecutive years of testing to compare in June of 2022, Ann...

RANDY HUFF: Know When to Hold Your Peace

“Why don't you say your piece?” I asked my friend. “It need not be public....

The Coming Plagues

What’s your reaction to this list of pandemic diseases: HIV, drug-resistant tuberculosis, virulent influenza, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Dengue...

What You Probably Don’t Know About Immigration Reform

Reports indicate that the Otay border crossing with Mexico just south of San Diego was swamped with immigrants seeking asylum recently. These people from...

Gloria Dei Est Vivens Homo

"The glory of God is the living man, and the life of man is the vision of God."              ...

Minimum Wage? Get Serious!

Just for the sake of argument, let’s talk about minimum wages. In my first job at Kroger’s as a bag boy, I earned 35...

Detroit is the USA (and Vice Versa)

Sixty years ago, Dwight D. Eisenhower was inaugurated 34th President of the United States. Dr. Jonas Salk developed a polio vaccine. The Federal Department...

Wild Bill’s Sport’s Roundup!

It's time to put the pigskin on the tee. High school football practices across the Roanoke Valley opened in full stride this week with all...