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RANDY HUFF: Strolling Stones and A Better Way
The stroll I often took in my growing up years recently came to mind. We lived in Ulysses, a farming and light industrial town in far Southwest Kansas. Our...
BOB BROWN: My Mother’s Bed
Prowling memories creep into my awareness. Intuitively, these memory fragments seem significant but they remain...
SCOT BELLAVIA: They’re Not Dumb, They’re Nonverbal
They say if you’ve met one person with autism…then you’ve met one person with autism....
RANDY HUFF: You Don’t Know What’s There Until You Do
I am reading Pilgrim at Tinker Creek this year, the 50th year of its publishing....
FRED FIRST: Turning Points of Note From a Season of Change
First night: Middle of April: The sliding doors are open with nothing but the screens to...
SERWAN ZANGANA: Sens. Warner/Kaine Show At Greenway Bridge A Distraction From Looming Crises
The visit from Virginia’s two Democrat Senators, Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, at Roanoke’s Smith Park and their announcement of $2.5 million in federal...
MIKE KEELER: Welcome To Taxation Nation
You’re probably pretty grumpy right about now. And I’m here to explain why.
The Founding Fathers were apprehensive from the beginning. They had just broken...
SERWAN ZANGANA: Democrats Approved Disastrous 2021 U.S Exit From Afghanistan But Now Scapegoat Trump
Unsurprisingly and again, former President Donald Trump is being blamed for another chaotic failure of President Joe Biden. In a brief statement to reporters...
SCOT BELLAVIA: Quitting a Book
I used to think it was virtuous to finish every book I started. You know the advice: “Always finish what you start.” This was...
DEVOTIONAL: Jesus’ 7 Sayings From The Cross (6 & 7)
“It is finished!” --John 19:30 (NIV)
“Into Your hands I commit My spirit.” -- Luke 23:46 (NIV)
Today is Good Friday, the day Christians commemorate the...
SCOTT DREYER: What A City Skyline Tells You
A few years ago I took a history class about the role and perceptions of religion in Colonial America. One image that impressed me...
