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BOB BROWN: Aging Poetically, Part III

Being elderly is a full-time job. It could be the best job you ever had, but it will never be the easiest. Even Billy Graham, the preeminent spiritual leader...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Is Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) Running For President in 2028? – Part I

I strongly suspect that the self-assured and arrogant Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is going to be a presidential or...

FRED FIRST: But Is It Art?

I have mentioned before that I have recently found pleasure and pleasant distraction in the...

BECKY MAUPIN: A New Season, New Expectations

Motherhood, I'm learning, is a series of seasons. None of them are truly easy; they're...

BOB BROWN: Aging Poetically, Part II

Jan called today. “Ed died Thursday… he is in a better place.” Ed, a retired...

FRED FIRST: A Dozen Links from January

Might be, one or two of these more general-interests sources from my links folder will pique your curiosity. Obviously they got my attention, so...

DEVOTIONAL: Remember Those Who Are Mistreated

Continue to remember those in prison as if you were together with them in prison, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: The Outlaw Joe Biden

A possible Constitutional showdown is looming between Texas and Washington. The Supreme Court ruled (5-4) on January 22 that the razor wire installed at Shelby Park in Eagle...

SCOTT DREYER: I Couldn’t Believe What I Saw In Those Manila Folders… (Part 2)

Continued from Part 1. As a high school teacher, I was shocked to see how many of our students at Roanoke City's Patrick Henry had...

SCOTT DREYER: I Couldn’t Believe What I Saw In Those Manila Folders… (Part 1)

From 1999-2010, Roanoke City Public Schools hired me to teach history at Patrick Henry High School (PH). It was a personal and professional blessing...

FRED FIRST: One Move Left In Us . . .

We were working on a plan for the rest of our lives, for when the time would be right. And we were waiting for...
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