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BOB BROWN: The American Flag

All my life, I’ve loved the American flag. I was taught there is something special about our flag, that it is never trampled upon in war or peace, and...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: There Is No Need For A U.S. Ground War In Venezuela

The easiest way to overthrow Nicolás Maduro, the narco-terrorist dictator of Venezuela, is to finance an insurgency....

SCOTT DREYER: Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Proclamation

Americans celebrate Thanksgiving today, and along with Canadians in October, are the only people on...

DAWN CUSTALOW: Pocahontas Reframed and Thanksgiving

I just returned from the 9th annual Pocahontas Reframed film festival 2025 in Richmond, VA,...

SCOTT DREYER: “Forgive Me When I Whine”

This poem, of unclear authorship, reportedly comes from the dark Great Depression days of the...

Children’s Trust–Honoring Local Heroes

Hardly a day goes by that we don’t hear about our dwindling natural resources.  While that’s true, much less is written about the...

OK Aspiring Writers, This One’s Easy . . . Maybe Too Easy

Your assignment today is to write a story of only about 1500 words.  But there's a catch: all the words in your story...

Recipe of the Week from the Happy Chef: Simple Scalloped Potatoes

It is just SO TRUE that usually the simplest things are the best of things in life.  Most of us eventually find this...

Living As A People Saved And Free

Those of us who would read a column like this one have recently celebrated THE greatest event of our salvation (thus far, that...

What to Do with Those Leftover Easter Eggs

Dying Easter Eggs is great fun for kids, the result is beautiful but it becomes such an unbelievable mess if not completely controlled;...

Preacher’s Corner

"But all of his acquaintances, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things . ....