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ROBERT L. MARONIC: Does Putin Consider Ukraine Russian Territory? If So, U.S. Negotiations Are In Trouble

President Putin, aka Vladimir the Terrible, is a second-world money-mongering autocrat, who commands the largest stockpile of nuclear warheads (5,449) in the world. Like his ally Islamic-fascist Iran, oil...

ANDY PITZER: Not-So-Trivial Geography

The absence of geography courses in American elementary and secondary school curriculums these days is...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest On July 4th Is An Ode To Gluttony

Joey Chestnut, 41, who is 6’1”, surprisingly only 230 pounds, and a personification of gluttony, won...

BOB BROWN: Lost and Found

All of us encounter loss. The meaning we attribute to loss influences our response to...

FRED FIRST: Where You’re From

In the very early years of writing, I was exposed to a poem called “Where...

The Coming Plagues

What’s your reaction to this list of pandemic diseases: HIV, drug-resistant tuberculosis, virulent influenza, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Dengue...

What You Probably Don’t Know About Immigration Reform

Reports indicate that the Otay border crossing with Mexico just south of San Diego was swamped with immigrants seeking asylum recently. These people from...

Gloria Dei Est Vivens Homo

"The glory of God is the living man, and the life of man is the vision of God."              ...

Minimum Wage? Get Serious!

Just for the sake of argument, let’s talk about minimum wages. In my first job at Kroger’s as a bag boy, I earned 35...

Detroit is the USA (and Vice Versa)

Sixty years ago, Dwight D. Eisenhower was inaugurated 34th President of the United States. Dr. Jonas Salk developed a polio vaccine. The Federal Department...

Wild Bill’s Sport’s Roundup!

It's time to put the pigskin on the tee. High school football practices across the Roanoke Valley opened in full stride this week with all...