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Don’t fear the debt

Saturday, September 14, 2013

A strike  to end the war in Syria

Friday, September 13, 2013

Just cause to intervene

Thursday, September 12, 2013

School readiness starts at birth

Thursday, September 12, 2013

Pick whatever biblical passage suits your fancy

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Wrong to intervene in Syria’s civil war

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

No need to panic over climate

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Protect forest, AT and tourism

Monday, September 9, 2013

You be the one

Monday, September 9, 2013

Don’t underestimate the strength of Russia

Monday, September 9, 2013

What’s next for Downtown Roanoke? Help shape the answer

Sunday, September 8, 2013

As language evolves, original meaning escapes

Sunday, September 8, 2013

Immigration reform requires a comprehensive plan

Sunday, September 8, 2013

Poor-driving creep sets in

Sunday, September 8, 2013

UVa blunders again, on student aid

Saturday, September 7, 2013

Beautiful, strong and invisible

Friday, September 6, 2013

When will the attack on the family end?

Thursday, September 5, 2013

Story misleads on efforts to stop Medicaid fraud

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Dreadful price for misguided military efforts

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Committed to many causes

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Outrage over Miley Cyrus is misplaced

Monday, September 2, 2013

Flat wages and disappearing benefits

Monday, September 2, 2013

First, do no further harm

Sunday, September 1, 2013

Technology can make compounding safer

Sunday, September 1, 2013

Play Roanoke: The place to come to be moved

Sunday, September 1, 2013

The open door

Saturday, August 31, 2013

The future narrative of Honduras

Friday, August 30, 2013

These are our choices?

Thursday, August 29, 2013

Rise against tea party libertarians

Thursday, August 29, 2013

Value in giving children a head start

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Working, but still poor

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

The county debt is reasonable

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

A threat to home health care

Monday, August 26, 2013

The Equal Rites Awards

Monday, August 26, 2013

Full medal jacket

Monday, August 26, 2013

Idealism and realism clash in Egypt

Sunday, August 25, 2013

Marking Roanoke’s progress in realizing MLK’s dream

Sunday, August 25, 2013

Safe communities: today’s civil rights challenge

Sunday, August 25, 2013

Lessons we choose to ignore

Sunday, August 25, 2013

We’ve become our own oppressors

Sunday, August 25, 2013

A half century later, the dream lives on

Sunday, August 25, 2013

Fight to win the war on terror

Saturday, August 24, 2013

Before the bull run

Friday, August 23, 2013

Time to be honest about cheating

Thursday, August 22, 2013

Cultivating community pride

Thursday, August 22, 2013

There’s a lot to the office

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Virginia farmers, watermen seek a quality farm bill

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Dream cut short for undocumented high school students

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Balancing freedom, security

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Roanoke’s future economic growth depends on students’ success

Monday, August 19, 2013

Right for the economy

Monday, August 19, 2013

Protections from discrimination may exist in law

Sunday, August 18, 2013

A Republican gospel

Sunday, August 18, 2013

‘Zealot’ author found the Jesus he sought

Sunday, August 18, 2013

The value of liberal arts: an education, not just a degree

Sunday, August 18, 2013

A strategic approach to the reuse of public buildings

Sunday, August 18, 2013

Hiking with Bill

Saturday, August 17, 2013

Long on laws, short on justice

Friday, August 16, 2013

The beef with factory farms: animals suffer

Thursday, August 15, 2013

Weather satellites shine light on our knowledge

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Christian nation not part of plan

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Don’t impede oil and gas industries

Monday, August 12, 2013

Not a failure of Head Start

Monday, August 12, 2013

Social justice “acceptance” and the 1st Amendment

Sunday, August 11, 2013

A tenuous link to gun sales

Sunday, August 11, 2013

Climate-change zealotry will cost jobs

Sunday, August 11, 2013

Foundation for Roanoke Valley

Sunday, August 11, 2013

Climate change: No time to waste

Saturday, August 10, 2013

Propane unwelcome in S.E. city

Friday, August 9, 2013

The governor strikes back

Thursday, August 8, 2013

City is no place for propane gas terminal

Thursday, August 8, 2013

Monsanto, the GMO Goliath

Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Head Start gets an F

Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Climate change: our challenge

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Rail for the 22nd century

Monday, August 5, 2013

A bill on the road to nowhere

Monday, August 5, 2013

The ruinous war on drugs

Monday, August 5, 2013

Cuccinelli’s backward vision

Sunday, August 4, 2013

Marketplace Fairness is pro-growth

Sunday, August 4, 2013

Defending against discrimination

Sunday, August 4, 2013

The outlook for ebooks, libraries, profits and art

Sunday, August 4, 2013

The zero-sum society revisited

Sunday, August 4, 2013

Certain climate predictions

Saturday, August 3, 2013

A view from outside the classroom

Friday, August 2, 2013

The logic of rail investment

Thursday, August 1, 2013

A Tidal Wave of Liberators

Thursday, August 1, 2013

Cutting into public health

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Roanoke is not Detroit

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

What would Cal Thomas do?

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Why stop with a tax on Priuses?

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Uncertain climate predictions

Monday, July 29, 2013

Obama cannot compare to the courage of John Adams

Sunday, July 28, 2013

A wife’s deja vu moment

Sunday, July 28, 2013

Peaks of Otter The search for Walden Pond moves online

Sunday, July 28, 2013

Justice will be served

Sunday, July 28, 2013

We biracials can claim a unique role in race dialogue

Sunday, July 28, 2013

Don’t leave nagging questions unanswered

Sunday, July 28, 2013

The wild, unsavory life of a mockingbird

Saturday, July 27, 2013

The fight for women’s education

Friday, July 26, 2013

A Rolex is not a perk of office

Thursday, July 25, 2013

Saturday, September 14, 2013

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