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ANDY PITZER: “Look Mom! No iPhone!”

A very interesting visually recorded interview showed up on my feed the other night. In 1966, several British adolescents were interviewed about their vision of the future (circa year...

FRED FIRST: There And Back Again

RECAP: I would be able to visit southwest Virginia again–home for almost 40 years, and...

SCOT BELLAVIA: Am I Proud to Be an American?

How proud are you to be an American? I posted that question on Facebook a few...

BOB BROWN: “Portraits of the Human Person”

On the night of June 21, 2025, President Donald Trump said all seven B2 Bombers...

BECKY MAUPIN: The After Bedtime Search

Picture this: You manage to get everyone fed and the dinner aftermath cleaned up. Then...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Trump Needs To Golf on U.S. Department of Defense Courses

There have been two attempts to assassinate former President Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13 and in West Palm Beach, Florida on September...

Leveraging Tennis to Combat Youth Mental Health Challenges

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy warns that today's youth mental health crisis is the "defining public health issue of our time." He's right. American adolescents...

SCOTT DREYER: Roanoke County Swamps Polls In Early Voting

Some complain that "Election Day" has now become "Election Season." Early voting began across the Old Dominion on Friday, Sept. 20, which puts Virginia...

SERWAN ZANGANA: Cultural Destruction, Wars’ Drama Destabilize All Peoples

Humans are the producers of their cultures, and they are also the contributors to their own cultural destruction. It is the ongoing equation of...

MORGAN GRIFFITH: VA Tech North End Zone Holds Great Memories / Treasures

For those who go to Virginia Tech football games, you will notice jerseys that hang in the north end zone of Lane Stadium. The numbers...

MIKE KEELER: A Singular Grace

Once upon a time, there was a woman named Grace. And she wrote a poem, called My Mountains, the first part of which goes...