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SCOTT DREYER: Christmas Through the Eyes of a Child

As adults, it is important to think of what messages we are giving the children in our lives about the meaning and celebration of Christmas. Ponder this: “Christmas Through the Eyes...

FRED FIRST: Birds of a Feather

We were invited to join some geologist-birder friends for an outing last week that would...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Mr. President, Just Shut The H*ll Up

Nick Reiner, 32, the cocaine addicted and schizophrenic son of famed Hollywood sitcom actor, prolific...

BOB BROWN: “A Multitude of the Heavenly Host”

For many years, the Hon. B. Waugh Crigler, a former federal magistrate, taught the Men’s...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Annex Ukraine Now

Steve Witkoff, acting as personal envoy for President Trump, first met with Russian President Vladimir Putin...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Ukraine‘s War Against Russia Is Unwinnable

Ukraine’s present war against nuclear armed Russia, which started when Putin attacked Ukraine on February 24, 2022 is unwinnable. This is despite the fact...

MORGAN GRIFFITH: The Legislator and the Ombudsman

During the recent election season, many congressional candidates who voted against various spending bills were criticized by their opponents for voting against those bills...

DENNIS GARVIN: Banking On The Afterlife – Or Not

I have spent many years in thought about what I write below. I anticipate scoffers. Thus, I must present my credentials. Not as a...

MIKE KEELER: Out of The Darkness Came A Pretty Bright Idea

Hamburg is one tough town. Since it was established by Charlemagne in 808 as the northern outpost of the Holy Roman Empire, Hamburg has...

BOB BROWN: At Last . . .

Few people experience within themselves a burst of quiet illumination.  It unites the cognitive, sacred, and deeply emotional realization of awareness that something entirely...

SERWAN ZANGANA: The Threat of BRICS Currency to The U.S Dollar

 In April 2023, in an event in Roanoke, I asked Senator Mark Warner, D, VA, about the threat of BRICS on the American dollar...