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BOB BROWN: What Happened to Happiness?

We can quibble about the origin, even the definition or meaning of “happiness,” but I’m not going there. I am simply wondering why we have lost the knack of...

FRED FIRST: Homeward Bound

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

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) Needs To Be Censured

Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA), who appears to be a self-important crackpot, tried hysterically (without officially...

LUCKY GARVIN: Tommy

I watched a little boy say, `Goodbye' the other day. The `little boy', Tommy, is...

BOB BROWN: A Rose

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) wrote many memorable lines including, “A rose by any other name would...

DEVOTIONAL: Discernment

The priests...make no distinction between what is holy and what is not. They do not teach the difference between clean and unclean things... Ezekiel...

FRED FIRST: On Finding and Leaving Home

And so at this tipping point in life, I return to visit early thoughts about WHERE we call home. My place was not where...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Roanoke College Needs An ROTC Program

A retired Army four-star general, William B. Rosson (1918-2004), once privately told me in mid-July 1987 that West Point either graduated very good officers...

SCOTT DREYER: Burning Questions From J13 Attempted Assassination

At 6:11 pm on Saturday, July 13 at a Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, shots rang out. Pres. Trump grabbed his ear and dropped...

MELINDA MYERS: Expand Your Garden Beds Without Chemicals

There never seems to be enough room for all the plants you want to grow. If space allows, create new garden beds to expand...

SERWAN ZANGANA: French Olympic Display Far Stranger Than Fiction

Perhaps, banning hijab, a headscarf that is required for Muslim women to wear to cover their hair for religious purposes, for France Muslim Women...