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FRED FIRST: My Wee Musical Man-Cave
Digital Tones and Frets and Reeds: Oh My!A month ago this small room behind me was just my office. Now it is also my music room.I see this as...
SERWAN ZANGANA: FISA Continues to Allow Spying on American / Foreign Citizens
The U.S House and Senate voted to reauthorize the surveillance program, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act...
RANDY HUFF: Estate Sales, Letting Go, and Hope
I see the yard and trees and driveway through the window and I wonder if...
Roanoke Voters Will Need to Let The Current Council Out and A New Council In
What a surprise, another shooting on Sunday morning in Roanoke City! Indeed no, it is...
FRED FIRST: Still is Still Moving . . .
We just don't quite know when the VAN will be at the door
THE RECAPThe storyline...
SCOTT DREYER: Charlie Nave for Delegate Fundraiser Held at SafeSide Tactical
On September 23, the Charlie Nave for House of Delegates campaign held a fundraiser at SafeSide Tactical in Roanoke. There were thirty-some attendees, including...
Robert Hudson Westover: Falling In Love Again With Fall Colors
Glimmers of light dance across the river’s surface as a cool breeze drifts past, gently pulling brilliant red leaves from a sturdy but gnarled...
MIKE KEELER: My Cache Has Some Serious Cachet
So I’m watching the news and a very well-spoken pundit says that the FBI is concerned that the stockpiles of military hardware that we...
SCOTT DREYER: Soros Gives McAuliffe Campaign $250k
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. --I Timothy 6:10a
Many Bible verses are misquoted or taken out of...
SCOT BELLAVIA: Why Open-Mindedness Isn’t a Thing
“Don’t be so open-minded that your brains fall out.”In its literalness, this aphorism is incisive. ‘Open-mindedness’ refers to unchecked tolerance and wholesale acceptance. It’s...
SCOTT DREYER: Happy Constitution Day!
(...) Write the vision, and make it plain (....)
--Habakkuk 2:2b
Once as a history major at William and Mary I heard our Sunday School teacher...