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SCOT BELLAVIA: God in the Library

Talking to strangers about God is a muscle I don’t work very often. But I try to take the opportunity when it comes up. A few weeks ago, I was...

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

As Gabrielle Fahmy wrote in the Post, "in its most recent platform, the group blasts...

BOB BROWN: The Smell of Combat

Consider the psychological cost incurred by the men and women in our military. They give...

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

I read an article in the New York Post on August 24 written by Gabrielle Fahmy entitled,...

SCOTT DREYER: VA Voter Guide

This is the voter guide from the Faith & Freedom Coalition. As I've done door knocking...

FRED FIRST: To Find A Place Like Home

Those places where our spirit is in harmony with the landscape call to us. Some of us feel at home where we are born;...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Caveat Emptor and Car Tires

There is a wise Latin saying or aphorism from the late Middle Ages: caveat emptor. It means let the buyer (emptor) beware. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary,...

RANDY HUFF: A Poem That Wants to Be

I heard an acclaimed poet say poems seek their own metre, shape, rhythm, style. Anything can be a poem, I guess. Every life is...

SERWAN ZANGANA: Trumps RNC Speech Reflected Importance of Understanding The Issues

Comparing Trump’s speech during the Republican National Convention to his actions during his presidency from 2016-2020, should clarify voters’ views on whom they should...

DEVOTIONAL: Gossip

Without wood a fire goes out; without a gossip a quarrel dies down.  Prov. 26:20 (NIV) Most of us realize our nation and world are...

Bob Brown: “Good Grief”

Years ago, our next-door neighbor, a pleasant, engaging, friendly, middle-aged woman hanged herself from the rafters under her screen porch.  We were saddened and...