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ANDY PITZER: No Offseason

“It’s the time of the season.” This pertains to and will make the most sense for those whose locale has four separate seasons, those who do not have them and...

BOB BROWN: “I Remember World War II”

On December 7, 1941, my sister, Edith, eight years my senior, and I were in...

FRED FIRST: Go West At Last, Old Man

Decades of frugality have come abruptly to an end. I have made the choice to...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Bring Back The War Department

President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave a prescient and heartfelt speech in Chautauqua, New York, on...

FRED FIRST: Changing of the Guard

The theme for the Lenoir Words Writers Group this month is AUTUMN. And since I...

SERWAN ZANGANA: Congressman Ben Cline Walks Southeast Neighborhood

As part of his campaigning for reelection in November 5th, Congressman Ben Cline (VA, 6th Dist), conducted a door knocking in the South East’s...

MIKE KEELER: October 1774 – A Resolution

250 years ago this week, the First Continental Congress concluded, with little decided and much hanging in the balance. Delegates from all the colonies except...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Shame On CBS News 

I truly think that Mark Memmot, the senior director of standards and practices at CBS News, may either have too much time on his hands...

SERWAN ZANGANA: Democrats Are Selling An Empty Book of Kamala Harris

Voting for a candidate in the upcoming election should not be dependent only on our perspectives on the person who is on the ballot....

SCOTT DREYER: Biblical Principles And The Election (Part 1)

While door-knocking in Roanoke County this evening, I met a woman who said she was undecided on which presidential candidate to vote for. She...

FRED FIRST: The Wandering Year

Soon I will end this elder-travelogue that began in November of 2023 and which I will conclude as a regular topic in November of...