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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...

SAMUEL MOORE-SOBEL: A Play on Vice

George W. Bush apparently asked Dick Cheney to be his running mate while munching on a fried chicken leg. Or that is at least how...

DICK BAYNTON: Government 101: Theory & Practice

In representative government, voters elect officials who in turn hire workers to carry out the policies of those who have been elected. That is...

JOY SYLVESTER-JOHNSON: Highway Robbery of The Self

I was robbed. It all started at church yesterday. Leaving the Wednesday morning Eucharist 7:30 am service held at St John Episcopal Church, I witnessed a...

H. BRUCE RINKER, Ph.D.: We Do What We Can

“Illness is the night-side of life,” Susan Sontag, 1978 According to the RMH Foundation, cancer outpaces national trends and kills more people in the Shenandoah...

DICK BAYNTON: New Year 2019

Here are some fearless forecasts for 2019 and beyond . . . Fasten your seat belt because there will be a blizzard of investigations. Most...

DENNIS GARVIN: Social Justice in America: Typical Hypocrisy

Social Justice claims to represent the downtrodden, disenfranchised, and victimized.  Among their worthy efforts, however, there lurks an agenda that is malignant.  Among Social...