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ROBERT L. MARONIC: Russia’s Inhumanity To Russians – Part I

The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, located in modern Belarus, formally ended Bolshevik Russia's participation in World War I on March 3, 1918. Since then, both the Red Army and its successor, the Russian...

JOHNNY ROBINSON: The Changing of the Tires

The car I drive now doesn’t even have a spare tire. Can you believe that?...

FRED FIRST: Facing Forward. Facing Back.

Maybe it’s okay that I can’t go back twenty Januarys past, or ten as a...

BOB BROWN: “A Very Heavy Heart For The State of The World”

A neighbor sent the following email to all who reside in this part of Albemarle...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Hands Off Denmark!

President Trump has repeatedly called for the annexation of Greenland since 2019, recently appointing former...

A River (of Disgrace) Runs Through It

by H. Bruce Rinker, Ph.D. What will cost $7 billion; will snake across the country from Alberta to the Gulf Coast, carrying 700,000 barrels...

The Calm, Cool and Somewhat Collected Steelers Fan

by Robert Adcox This evening, I was reminiscing about my first trip to Pittsburgh, Pa. in September 1999  to see the Steelers play the...

348 Days, 17 Hours, 59 Minutes, 59 Seconds. 58…57…56…

by Mike Keeler Dude, welcome to 2012, and the end of the world. The proof is, like, undeniable. During the construction of a highway in...

The He, The She, and The We By Gary Robbins

In the 1980s, Robert A. Johnson wrote a trio of books with deceptively simple titles.  The three books were titled “He,” “She,” and...

A Father’s Diary: Understanding My Son

by Lucky Garvin Cailan didn't want to go to school.  I knew it the moment I roused him from sleep the other morning and...

Keeping Time Our Servant

by Mary Jo Shannon As we begin a new year, my fascination with the concept of time is reawakened. Many years ago I had...