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ROBERT L. MARONIC: The Heroism Of Ahmed Al-Ahmed At Bondi Beach In Sydney, Australia

Not all Muslims are bad people. In fact, most Muslims are good and decent people. However, such a plethora of extremist fundamentalist Muslims as ISIS, Al-Qaeda, Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, Hezbollah, Taliban,...

DAWN CUSTALOW: THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD

For all who wait For all who hunger For all who’ve prayed For all who wonder Behold... Christmas is...

SCOTT DREYER: Christmas Through the Eyes of a Child

As adults, it is important to think of what messages we are giving the children...

FRED FIRST: Birds of a Feather

We were invited to join some geologist-birder friends for an outing last week that would...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Mr. President, Just Shut The H*ll Up

Nick Reiner, 32, the cocaine addicted and schizophrenic son of famed Hollywood sitcom actor, prolific...

A Little Less Hysteria Please

Is it just me, or do you notice that we seem to become unhinged with very little provocation these days?  To name just a...

Giving Thanks for Penicillin

One doctor’s appointment I can truly say I enjoyed was my annual visit to my allergist, Dr. Alexander McCausland, who took a “medical leave...

Feeling Elderly? Get Educated!

One of the many advantages of living in the Roanoke metropolitan area is the variety of educational opportunities available.  With Hollins University, Virginia Western,...

Faking It All Over the Place

Perhaps one of the toughest calls in “parental baseball” is when to send the child to school and when to keep them home based...

Watch Out Kids! Mom is On Facebook Too

Once upon a time there was a really fun and creative way to connect with all your friends if you were in high school....

Good to Eat, Wholesome to Digest

The American satirist Ambrose Bierce offered the following definition of “edible” in his 1911 book, The Devil’s Dictionary: “good to eat, and wholesome to...