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BOB BROWN: “Portraits of the Human Person”

On the night of June 21, 2025, President Donald Trump said all seven B2 Bombers had safely returned from an unprecedented successful attack on Iran’s fortresses of nuclear weapon...

BECKY MAUPIN: The After Bedtime Search

Picture this: You manage to get everyone fed and the dinner aftermath cleaned up. Then...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Israel’s Second Sum Of All Fears

I first heard about a dirty bomb in early September 1993 when an IBM coworker,...

BOB BROWN: What Happened to Happiness?

We can quibble about the origin, even the definition or meaning of “happiness,” but I’m...

FRED FIRST: Homeward Bound

It would happen: the trip back to Floyd. And then it wouldn’t. And then it...

Wild Bill’s Weekly Sports Roundup

by Bill Turner High school spring sports finally reached its conclusion last weekend with the VHSL Spring Jubilee at Radford University. Here’s a look at...

Recipe of the Week: Smoked Pork Eggs Benedict For Dad!

by Leigh Sackett Assembly: Toasted English muffin Potato Leek Hash Brown (recipe below) Hickory Smoked Pulled Pork Soft Poach Egg (recipe below) Hollandaise Sauce (recipe below) Chives Pickled red onions with...

How Many Red Dots in Your Life? by Gary Robbins

You are in Paris, standing in front of an old city map.  Scattered across the map are small red dots. The dots are not...

Who Succeeds and Who Doesn’t

by Hayden Hollingsworth Ah, commencement time!  A bright moment at whatever level it occurs.  What follows in the next decades will run the gamut...

Summer Fun…and Service

by Keith McCurdy “It is summer and I don’t have to do anything I don’t want to”…..I was told by a ten year old...

Adventures in Bush Dentistry

by John Robinson My dad Fuller and I are both dentists and we have just arrived in Chintatinga, a small bush village in the...