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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...

The Recipe of the Week from The Happy Chef: Fried Green Tomatoes

My friend Stuart (who happens to be the publisher of this paper) has a late blooming garden. I guess when you are a...

Some Families Don’t Travel So Well . . . Or At All

I am not a big fan of summer.  Width challenged people (like me) normally don’t fare well in toasty climates, often producing enough perspiration to...

The Recipe of the Week from The Happy Chef: End of Summer Vegetable Casserole

By Leigh Sackett I don’t think of summer as being just a "season" . . .   or even a state of mind -...

Planning for School Success – A Very Good Idea

Now, I am not saying that summer is almost over, but, school IS just around the corner.  Many kids in the area return to...

Growing Up In Prison

Most of my friends are unaware that I spent the summer in prison before moving to Roanoke in 1953. During my senior year at...

Preacher’s Corner: The Bread of Life – What Is It?

One of the strange things about us is that we have difficulty talking about what we find to be most important. And, the...