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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 years ago on the Fourth of July. I wasn’t asking how proud or embarrassed...

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...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Israel’s Second Sum Of All Fears

I first heard about a dirty bomb in early September 1993 when an IBM coworker,...

BOB BROWN: What Happened to Happiness?

We can quibble about the origin, even the definition or meaning of “happiness,” but I’m...

FRED FIRST: A Fish On A Bicycle

Past The Two Week Mark and Still Pedaling We were here in our very small apartment less than a week when we got the offer...

SERWAN ZANGANA: Early Voting Is Strong in Roanoke City

The early voting is underway in Roanoke City, and voters are not hesitating to cast their votes. In the last few years, early voting...

MELINDA MYERS: Consider Fall Leaves a Gift from Nature

Put fall leaves to work in your landscape. This valuable resource makes a great mulch in planting beds, adds organic matter and nutrients to...

SCOT BELLAVIA: Hometown Envy

Often when I went out of state as a child, I wished I had grown up in the places I visited. Whenever I stayed with...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Trump Needs To Golf on U.S. Department of Defense Courses

There have been two attempts to assassinate former President Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13 and in West Palm Beach, Florida on September...

Leveraging Tennis to Combat Youth Mental Health Challenges

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy warns that today's youth mental health crisis is the "defining public health issue of our time." He's right. American adolescents...