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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...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: The University of Southern California Has Prostituted Its Football Legacy

The Big 10 Conference is now comprised of eighteen football teams, which extends an unbelievable 2,764 miles from the University of Southern California (USC) in Los...

SERWAN ZANGANA: The Odd Correlation Between Kurdistan’s and U.S Politics

Few weeks ago I called one of my long time friends in Kurdistan-Iraq to have some friendly conversation and intellectual discussion. It is the...

SCOTT DREYER: Reasons To Vote Early

Recently I've had the pleasure of doing some door-knocking in both Roanoke County and City. The main candidate I do this for is President...

MELINDA MYERS: Disposing of Problem Plant Debris

You’ve probably read you should remove and dispose of insect pest-infected and diseased plant material to reduce these problems in next season’s garden. This...

FRED FIRST: Migrations – Navigating The Landmarks

As the late-August move date approached, I told myself that we should expect the first month here in Columbia at Lenoir Woods to be...

SCOTT DREYER: “FEMA’s Doing A Great Job Because FEMA Says FEMA’s Doing A Great Job”

I've been on Twitter/X since Musk bought it and (largely) ended its censorship. Shortly after Hurricane Helene devastated much of the Southeast, I started...