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ANDY PITZER: “Look Mom! No iPhone!”

A very interesting visually recorded interview showed up on my feed the other night. In 1966, several British adolescents were interviewed about their vision of the future (circa year...

FRED FIRST: There And Back Again

RECAP: I would be able to visit southwest Virginia again–home for almost 40 years, and...

SCOT BELLAVIA: Am I Proud to Be an American?

How proud are you to be an American? I posted that question on Facebook a few...

BOB BROWN: “Portraits of the Human Person”

On the night of June 21, 2025, President Donald Trump said all seven B2 Bombers...

BECKY MAUPIN: The After Bedtime Search

Picture this: You manage to get everyone fed and the dinner aftermath cleaned up. Then...

COVID-19 in VA: Statistically Speaking You’re Very Unlikely to Be “A Statistic”

After TWO MONTHS of government imposed economic shutdown the VA Dept of Health and the John’s Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center confirm that as of...

SCOTT DREYER: Whom Are You Serving?

"The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender." - Proverbs 22:7 (NIV) In 1979 Bob Dylan released his huge hit...

BARBARA LEACH: COVID-19 Lessons from the Garden

These times are unlike anything in recent history and have challenged us to reevaluate and reinvent ourselves.  Those of us who are already gardeners...

CONGRESSMAN MORGAN GRIFFITH: Congress Amid the Coronavirus

The coronavirus outbreak has upended many of the ways we go about our lives. As a Member of Congress, I believe it must not...

STUART REVERCOMB: Paving The Road To A Different Kind of Hell

“And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to...

MIKE KEELER: Pandemic Special – A Story of Dark Times and Enlightenment

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra was born just outside Madrid in 1547 - about a half century after the discovery of the New World -...