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ROBERT L. MARONIC: Labor Prime Minister Keir Starmer Is A Disappointment And Disgrace

Labor Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who increasingly reminds me of the antithesis of former Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, stated on Friday, February 20, that he would refuse to “allow US forces...

BOB BROWN: Peace of Mind: The Logic of an Anchor, Part 1 of III

In 1953, an attractive, intelligent young medical student, one year ahead of me at the...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: The Democratic Party’s Revolution By Illegal Immigration

I read an insightful op-ed about illegal immigration during the Biden administration in The New York...

FRED FIRST: On Eagle’s Wings

This is an excerpt from a continuing story of finding home. Much comes before; and...

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...

The Intricate Geometry of Grief

by Lucky Garvin Just after midnight, the old lady heard her husband in distress. She got up to go to his bedroom, fell at...

Popular Photography: The Immortal Light of Our Age

by Fred First It is late October. The seasonal cycle governs our lives, indoors and out, as summer and autumn morph into one more...

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...
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