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ROBERT L. MARONIC: Sometimes President Trump Needs To Think Before He Speaks – Part I

I read an article in the New York Post written by Ryan King on November 27 entitled “Trump Claims National Guard Shooting Suspect ‘Went Cuckoo,’ Calls Reporter ‘A Stupid Person.’” The...

BOB BROWN: The American Flag

All my life, I’ve loved the American flag. I was taught there is something special...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: There Is No Need For A U.S. Ground War In Venezuela

The easiest way to overthrow Nicolás Maduro, the narco-terrorist dictator of Venezuela, is to finance an insurgency....

SCOTT DREYER: Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Proclamation

Americans celebrate Thanksgiving today, and along with Canadians in October, are the only people on...

DAWN CUSTALOW: Pocahontas Reframed and Thanksgiving

I just returned from the 9th annual Pocahontas Reframed film festival 2025 in Richmond, VA,...

DEVOTIONAL: Pray…Acknowledge…Turn

If the skies are shut up and there is no rain because your people have sinned against you, and if they pray toward this...

SCOTT DREYER: Shifting Gears–The People’s Convoy Rolls Into MD & DC

As a local, western Virginia-owned and operated newspaper, TheRoanokeStar.com seeks to be open to feedback and requests. Last week a reader emailed us the...

SCOT BELLAVIA: Lament In A Seller’s Market

I don’t know whether to blame Biden, Putin, or Newsom. Maybe it was that bat in Wuhan. How directly correlated are any of them...

President Biden Defends Abortion…On Ash Wednesday

See, I set before you today life and prosperity, death and destruction. For I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to...

MIKE KEELER: “Puh-KAHN,” or “PEE-CAN” – You Make The Call!

As we hopefully near the end of the pandemic, and the world is warming back up, it feels like we might be putting some...

SCOTT DREYER: Want To Help Ukraine? Pray And/Or Give

Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.                 ...