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ROBERT L. MARONIC: Russia’s Inhumanity To Russians – Part I

The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, located in modern Belarus, formally ended Bolshevik Russia's participation in World War I on March 3, 1918. Since then, both the Red Army and its successor, the Russian...

JOHNNY ROBINSON: The Changing of the Tires

The car I drive now doesn’t even have a spare tire. Can you believe that?...

FRED FIRST: Facing Forward. Facing Back.

Maybe it’s okay that I can’t go back twenty Januarys past, or ten as a...

BOB BROWN: “A Very Heavy Heart For The State of The World”

A neighbor sent the following email to all who reside in this part of Albemarle...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Hands Off Denmark!

President Trump has repeatedly called for the annexation of Greenland since 2019, recently appointing former...

How to Make a Cow

by H. Bruce Rinker, Ph.D. Early in my career as an ecologist, I learned how to make a cow. I had found the recipe in...

Yes, You CAN Go Home Again, But If You Do, Be Ready For A War

The oldest college football rivalry west of the Mississippi is the "Border War" between Kansas and Missouri.  The name is a reference to...

The Glorious Good-bye of Autumn

It seems fitting to celebrate the transition from summer to fall, missing the freedoms of the former, looking with a mix of dread...

Tabitha by Dr. George C. Anderson

This column is reflection on a passage you may want to read first: Acts 9:36-43. Read through the Hebrew Scriptures and certain demands almost...

Don’t Worry – It’s Childproof!

Rushing across the kitchen floor, my two-year-old granddaughter dropped her cup of milk. “Don’t worry,” my daughter said. “It’s a sippy cup. Kid-proof.” With...

A Perspective on Bridges

For some reason bridges keep finding their way into my life lately – both the physical and metaphorical kind.  It has happened with...