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ROBERT L. MARONIC: Antisemite Zohran Mamdani Will Be An Economic Disaster For New York City – Part I

Antisemite Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic Socialist candidate for mayor in New York City on November 4, may not be a "100% Communist lunatic" as President Trump stated on June...

SERWAN ZANGANA: John Reid Visits Roanoke City Registrar’s Office Amid Virginia Election Season

The Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor, John Reid, visited the Roanoke City Registrar’s office on...

BOB BROWN: LOVE YOUR BRAIN, Part TWO

This is A Brief Educational Summary of Neuroscience 101, Part Two. It is for informational...

FRED FIRST: Don’t Fail to Miss: Nasty Nature Nightmares

I’m sorry, I just had to vent. The following is not very well stated but...

BECKY MAUPIN: Time Won’t Slow Down, But You Can

Every mom I know has said it at least once, probably while changing out clothes...

Livin’ On Church Hill

It’s a warm fall day –Indian Summer- and the breeze follows me as I swing open the creaky door and ascend the staircase....

Used Cars and Teachable Moments

A few months ago I purchased a used car.  It wasn’t a particularly life changing event and yet it brought back a lesson I learned...

Cheeseburger Soup

Halloween is pure excitement - an adrenaline rush, and then on top of that a sugar rush! So on Halloween night a good...

An Unfortunate, Untimely Failure of Orthodoxy

How has Orthodoxy impacted our environment?  In other words, can Orthodoxy be credited with any positive or negative developments in our historic relationship...

Chicken Tales: Fowl Language Warning

Yesterday, fall was in the air. Â I sat down in the maple shade of mid-afternoon with my legs full out on the...

Listening When It’s Easy—and Listening When It’s Tough

Tell me:  What happens to us as a family, a community, a nation—or a world—when the only people we talk with are people...
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