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ROBERT L. MARONIC: Is Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) Running For President in 2028? – Part II

I read an article on nbc.com on February 13 entitled, “In Munich, AOC warns that democracies must deliver for the working class to stave off 'authoritarianism,” which was written by Sahil Kapur. I highly...

BOB BROWN: Aging Poetically, Part III

Being elderly is a full-time job. It could be the best job you ever had,...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Is Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) Running For President in 2028? – Part I

I strongly suspect that the self-assured and arrogant Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is going to be a presidential or...

FRED FIRST: But Is It Art?

I have mentioned before that I have recently found pleasure and pleasant distraction in the...

BECKY MAUPIN: A New Season, New Expectations

Motherhood, I'm learning, is a series of seasons. None of them are truly easy; they're...

Everyone Has Something to Write

by Hayden Hollingsworth It was four years ago today I wrote my first column for The Roanoke Star-Sentinel. Now, 114 columns later I took a...

My Dogs Don’t Do Time Zones

by Jon Kaufman The state of Arizona does not believe in daylight savings time and neither does my dog Roscoe.  Along with Hawaii, Arizona...

A Few Thoughts at 63 and Counting

by Lucky Garvin Flying across the highway in front of me was a crow; and in its beak, a long piece of limp brown...

Bittersweet Memories

by Mary Jo Shannon One Saturday in early November as my granddaughter and I strolled through the Roanoke City market area, admiring the colorful...

Here’s How Things Happen, And How They Don’t

by Mike Keeler On November 11, 1918, "the war to end all wars" ended. Armistice occurred on the 11th hour of the 11th day...

Richmond Marathon A Real Kick

by John Robinson I’m padding up a fairly long, straight, and in this case rather bleak section of North Boulevard, at mile 19, when...