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ROBERT L. MARONIC: Democrat Jay Jones Is Unfit To Be Virginia’s Next Attorney General

Fox News published an article entitled, "Virginia AG Candidate Once Referenced Putting ‘Two Bullets to The Head’ of GOP Leader, Texts Show," which was written by Charles Creitz on...

BOB BROWN: “Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones”

Ye watchers and ye holy ones, bright seraphs, cherubim, and thrones, raise the glad strain, Alleluia! Cry out,...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Was Charlie Kirk A Saint? – Part II

The reason that I believe Kirk was not a saint was because he harshly criticized...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Was Charlie Kirk A Saint? – Part I

Charlie Kirk was a good man, husband, and father. He was charismatic, civil, combative, entrepreneurial,...

FRED FIRST: FROM THE HIGH DESERT: Living Landscape

OVERVIEW: The 8 day trip I took to Ghost Ranch for a “conscious eldering” workshop...

A High School Bluegrass Band: 1974-75

by Mary Jo Shannon Jim Parker, now living in Texas and a Patrick Henry classmate of my older son Harry, reads The Roanoke Star.com...

Memories of Mill Mountain Zoo

by John Robinson I can hear it now: the cheerfully wailing whistle, and the chug of the "Zoo Choo" as it circled the perimeter...

Arguing About Health Care

by Hayden Hollingsworth It’s truly amazing what politicians will argue about!  Not only was everyone caught by surprise with Chief Justice Roberts’ siding with...

Law And Order

by Lucky Garvin Sometimes I feel like I’m Commander-in-Chief of Camp Krazy. I arrive at work; 7 AM. Maybe a half hour later, I get...

America Needs to Take Lesson From Wisconsin

by Dick Baynton According to the 2010 census Wisconsin is home to about 5.7 million citizens. The state’s voters are centrist in their political...

Foods for Thought

by Nick Thomas After the Los Angeles School District banned sodas in schools in 2004, then-governor Arnold Schwarzenergger went on to sign sweeping laws...