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SCOTT DREYER: Christmas Through the Eyes of a Child

As adults, it is important to think of what messages we are giving the children in our lives about the meaning and celebration of Christmas. Ponder this: “Christmas Through the Eyes...

FRED FIRST: Birds of a Feather

We were invited to join some geologist-birder friends for an outing last week that would...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Mr. President, Just Shut The H*ll Up

Nick Reiner, 32, the cocaine addicted and schizophrenic son of famed Hollywood sitcom actor, prolific...

BOB BROWN: “A Multitude of the Heavenly Host”

For many years, the Hon. B. Waugh Crigler, a former federal magistrate, taught the Men’s...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Annex Ukraine Now

Steve Witkoff, acting as personal envoy for President Trump, first met with Russian President Vladimir Putin...

Recipe of the Week: Slow-Cooked Brisket in Onion Gravy

by Leigh Sackett I like Halloween because it is simply of the senses. It requires a fun state of mind that is more than a...

The Dog And The Door

by Robert Adcox Most people love adventure, and they love dogs. That's going to come in handy in about a hundred words or so...

Small Cities, Big Ideas

by John Robinson Despite the efforts of many, I have never been one to appreciate poetry like I probably should, but Nikki Giovanni’s got...

From The Older Brother’s Room

“The Roanoke Valley is a great place to raise a family.”  I hear that statement a lot.  As a father to four children...

Will Wars Ever End?

by Hayden Hollingsworth President Obama announced last week that the war in Iraq will end on December 31.  That this came as a surprise...

Celebrating Mediocrity

by Keith McCurdy Recently a friend told me a story about his son’s football banquet.  As my friend put it, they weren’t even close...