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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 (FISA), which was enacted in 2008,  gives the FBI the power to collect information...

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...

RANDY HUFF: On Disagreement, Motive and Dealing With The Issue at Hand

Charity can help avoid the mire of polarizationAmazing how readily we find fault. Steven Covey...

MIKE KEELER: ASA House Update Part 1

There once was a house. And there will be again.Ralph Hunt arrived on Long Island in 1652, "among a party of Englishmen." He may...

MIKE KEELER: Asa Hunt House Update Part Two

From out of the ashes rose the world's most powerful republic.In 1748, a construction crew digging on the slopes of Mt. Etna in Italy...

DICK BAYNTON: The Dichotomies of Despair

Politicians are highly adept at sanctimoniously selecting comparable issues that are incomparable. For example, it was Nancy Pelosi that stated that walls are immoral....

3 Diet Tips To Reverse Your Sleep Problems

It’s estimated that 50-70 million U.S. adults have some type of sleeping disorder. And what you eat or don’t eat may impact how you...

DICK BAYNTON: The Adversity of Diversity

According to the Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey (CPS) published in March 2018, there are 45.6 million immigrants, legal and illegal, living in the...

MIKE KEELER: Groundhog Day and Then Some

I know, I know, I KNOW! You're getting that funny feeling again.Like you've been here before. Like you woke up and read this stupid...