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DAWN CUSTALOW: Pocahontas Reframed and Thanksgiving

I just returned from the 9th annual Pocahontas Reframed film festival 2025 in Richmond, VA, which is held right before Thanksgiving each year. The festival reframes Native American life...

SCOTT DREYER: “Forgive Me When I Whine”

This poem, of unclear authorship, reportedly comes from the dark Great Depression days of the...

BOB BROWN: Recent Sale of Brooklyn Bridge, Part Two

In 2025, America’s fertility rate reaches a historic low, while Muslim and Arab communities maintain...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Trump‘s Decision To Release The Epstein Files Is Overdue

I read an article in the New York Post on November 16 entitled “Trump says House Republicans should...

ANDY PITZER: Amtrak Trek: Lake Shore Limited/Southwest Chief/Empire Builder

NYC TO CHI: Lakeshore Limited (NY, MA, PA, OH, IN, IL) The first leg of the Amtrak train...

SCOTT DREYER: If You’re Free, Thank a Vet

Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.          --John 15:13 English is a...

SCOTT DREYER: An African Weighs In on Virginia’s Elections

As discussed in the lead story in TheRoanokeStar.com over the weekend, “VA Elections Send Shock Waves Across Country,” voting results out of the Old...

SCOTT DREYER: Virginia Shouts “STOP THE INSANITY!” (Part 4)

Pride goes before a fall. -- Old Saying, based on Proverbs 16:18  You earn wages, only to put them in a purse with holes in...

DEVOTIONAL: Where Are You Placing Your Trust?

It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in humans.  --Psalm 118:8 Here in Virginia, we just ended a long electoral...

SCOTT DREYER: Virginia Shouts “STOP THE INSANITY!” (Part 3)

Pride goes before a fall.  -- Old Saying, based on Proverbs 16:18  To continue Part I and Part 2, this column seeks to explain more of...

SCOTT DREYER: Virginia Screams “STOP THE INSANITY!” (Part 2)

"Democracy is not a spectator sport." --Mike Quigley Many elections are discussed after the fact by politicians and talking heads in the media. However, Virginia’s...