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FRED FIRST: Peregrinations of a *BoZo

I have a few bits of biological blarney to pass along before I focus later today on packing for Ghost Ranch. I woke up earlier than my intention this...

ANDY PITZER: No Offseason

“It’s the time of the season.” This pertains to and will make the most sense for...

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...

Leveraging Tennis to Combat Youth Mental Health Challenges

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy warns that today's youth mental health crisis is the "defining public health issue of our time." He's right. American adolescents...

SCOTT DREYER: Roanoke County Swamps Polls In Early Voting

Some complain that "Election Day" has now become "Election Season." Early voting began across the Old Dominion on Friday, Sept. 20, which puts Virginia...

SERWAN ZANGANA: Cultural Destruction, Wars’ Drama Destabilize All Peoples

Humans are the producers of their cultures, and they are also the contributors to their own cultural destruction. It is the ongoing equation of...

MORGAN GRIFFITH: VA Tech North End Zone Holds Great Memories / Treasures

For those who go to Virginia Tech football games, you will notice jerseys that hang in the north end zone of Lane Stadium. The numbers...

MIKE KEELER: A Singular Grace

Once upon a time, there was a woman named Grace. And she wrote a poem, called My Mountains, the first part of which goes...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Joe Biden’s Pathetic Example Of A Work Ethic

I read in The New York Post on September 7 that the octogenarian Joe Biden has unbelievably spent "about 40%" of his time as president...