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ROBERT L. MARONIC: Russia’s Inhumanity To Russians – Part I

The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, located in modern Belarus, formally ended Bolshevik Russia's participation in World War I on March 3, 1918. Since then, both the Red Army and its successor, the Russian...

JOHNNY ROBINSON: The Changing of the Tires

The car I drive now doesn’t even have a spare tire. Can you believe that?...

FRED FIRST: Facing Forward. Facing Back.

Maybe it’s okay that I can’t go back twenty Januarys past, or ten as a...

BOB BROWN: “A Very Heavy Heart For The State of The World”

A neighbor sent the following email to all who reside in this part of Albemarle...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Hands Off Denmark!

President Trump has repeatedly called for the annexation of Greenland since 2019, recently appointing former...

SERWAN ZANGANA: There Has Been No Peace Under Biden – May God Bless America in 2024

Now that 2023 is over, Americans and many people across the world will always remember the wounds that were left in their souls. The...

SCOTT DREYER: New Year, But Same Old Fake News From Salam Rasoul

"New Year New You" is cliché, but Del. Salam Rasoul (D-Roanoke City), who goes by the anglicized nickname "Sam," has entered 2024 still clinging...

SERWAN ZANGANA: Iraq Caught In Tug Of War Between Iran, Turkey and USA

Iraq’s political situation is not heading toward a bright horizon as various factions and political parties are in conflicts and disagreements. Evidently, Iraq’s sovereignty...

SCOTT DREYER: An Ode To Our Times

Below is a poem circulating on X.  The author is Nate Buttitta, who can be found @NateButtitta . Does any of this ring true from...

FRED FIRST: Boomers Gotta Have A Plan . . .

YOU CAN'T TREAD WATER FOREVER By definition, you are a BABY BOOMER if you were born between 1946 and 1964. You have a lot of...

RANDY HUFF: We Cannot Live Without God

“Come to the fountain there's healing in Jesus” says the old church song.  When we find Him all else begins to fall into its place.  When...