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ROBERT L. MARONIC: President Trump Is Fighting The Last War – Part I

I think that President Trump's plan to build a “new class of American-designed battleships that will be the most lethal surface combatants ever constructed,” which was announced on December 22, is a BIG mistake.  That...

SCOTT DREYER: Conduct Your “Year In Review”

James Clear, in his award-winning book Atomic Habits, encourages his readers to conduct an annual...

FRED FIRST: Small Moments. Long Life

Images: In our eyes. On our minds. From our memories. Conjured in our dreams. Right...

BOB BROWN: Decoding the New “Structure of Feeling”

This is the time to marshal up hope for the New Year. Hope is wanting...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: The Heroism Of Ahmed Al-Ahmed At Bondi Beach In Sydney, Australia

Not all Muslims are bad people. In fact, most Muslims are good and decent people....

We Need a Few More Sturdy Kids

What has happened to all of the sturdy kids?  You know the ones.  They are not cocky or arrogant but have this sense...

A Sweet Ending To A Wild Storm

 The Shannon household was more fortunate than many when the derecho pummeled the Roanoke Valley recently. We did not lose electric power, although...

Still Hope For Mismanaged Public Schools?

According to the US Census Bureau, more than $593 Billion was received by public schools for elementary and secondary education for the 2009-2010 school...

Is This What You Voted For?

Speaking in Roanoke on July 13, 2012, suppose President Obama had said, ‘The government doesn’t build things by itself, it gets help from...

God Is At Work!

 This fall, when the school year begins, three members of Raleigh court Presbyterian Church will be enrolled in theological seminaries and another will...

Alas, The Things We Live With

As July rolls into August, you might suspect your friendly columnist is just too lazy to come up with new stuff. But I...