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ROBERT L. MARONIC: Trump’s “Great Gatsby Party” At His Mar-a-Lago Club on October 31 Was In Poor Taste

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, is our country’s largest anti-hunger program for men, women, and children. 42 million poor Americans lost their SNAP benefits (f.k.a. food stamps)...

FRED FIRST: Winter is Coming: Make Ready!

Though a few poetic souls and tree-hugging types like me will make soft cooing noises...

BOB BROWN: “I don’t see how I can go on like this”

The round, sad Asian American face of the 26-year-old single Soldier sitting uncomfortably in front...

SCOT BELLAVIA: God in the Library

Talking to strangers about God is a muscle I don’t work very often. But I...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Antisemite Zohran Mamdani Will Be An Economic Disaster For New York City – Part IV

As Gabrielle Fahmy wrote in the Post, "in its most recent platform, the group blasts...

Recipe of the Week: Pesto and Prosciutto Breakfast Strata

by Leigh Sackett Our Friends at Second Presbyterian Church are doing wonderful and creative things in our community. They have teamed up with artist...

Easter Distractions by Stuart Revercomb

I am not sure when it started, but at some point along the way I began to really dislike the Easter Bunny. Maybe it was...

A Sunshine Nation: Revisiting Our National Energy Policy

by H. Bruce Rinker, Ph.D. Years ago, while living in the “Sunshine State” of Florida, I argued with a representative of a regional energy...

“Because I Can’t Touch You…”

by Lucky Garvin He was bald, old, wrinkled, spotted, and deaf; and he could no longer walk - or even stand - without assistance. ...

In the Midst of Our Fear by Gary Robbins

I had watched her, just a few minutes before, as she stood there…crying. “I can’t do, I can’t do it,” she said, tears running down...

Zero To Seventy In Eight Hours

by Robert Adcox For anyone looking for a day vacation, there is no better experience than a spirited jaunt from Roanoke to Mount Airy....
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