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BECKY MAUPIN: The After Bedtime Search

Picture this: You manage to get everyone fed and the dinner aftermath cleaned up. Then starts the bedtime rodeo that includes 4 meltdowns, 3 sips of water, 2 more...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Israel’s Second Sum Of All Fears

I first heard about a dirty bomb in early September 1993 when an IBM coworker,...

BOB BROWN: What Happened to Happiness?

We can quibble about the origin, even the definition or meaning of “happiness,” but I’m...

FRED FIRST: Homeward Bound

It would happen: the trip back to Floyd. And then it wouldn’t. And then it...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) Needs To Be Censured

Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA), who appears to be a self-important crackpot, tried hysterically (without officially...

RANDY HUFF: Voting For Loathsome People

“Donald Trump is a loathsome individual whose political values are fundamentally anti-democratic.” So said one Josh Cohen, a seasoned political philosopher and teacher at...

Morgan Griffith: Is Our Region The Birthplace of Soft Drinks?

Virginia’s Ninth District is home to an array of nationally iconic items. Previously, one of my columns discussed the significance of the Crooked Road and...

SERWAN ZANGANA: The Glory Is Always To God

The mystery of life is beyond human’s imagination, and as we contemplate deeper we realize our weaknesses in life. As humans, we often complain...

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...