Opinion
Jeri Fields: Check status of your benefits claim online
If you applied for Social Security benefits, or have a pending reconsideration or hearing request, you can check…
Opinion
Jim Crawford: Issues fueling anger are not being addressed
Donald Trump may have won the presidency in 2016 by accident, Hillary Clinton’s FBI last minute investigation, and…
Columnists
Doug Johnson: Pour out to the God of hope and be filled!
If you could ask God for one thing and know that He would give it to you, what…
Lifestyles
Tim Throckmorton: Jesus paid to free us from our cages
It is perhaps a unique interest that I have, but I love to read epitaphs. You know, those…
Opinion
Sky to bring a smile early Friday morning
If you have a major life event to plan, maybe Friday would be a good date for it,…
Opinion
Danny Tyree: Do you spend 138 minutes a day worrying?
Surely I’m not alone in the phenomenon of dutifully paying my credit card bill by the deadline and…
Opinion
Tom Purcell: Scamming sophisticated scammers
A few years ago, my then 70-something mom was targeted by telephone scammers. “Grandma,” said a young man pretending…
Lifestyles
Tim Throckmorton: To whom does your knee bow?
From 1996 until 2011 I was blessed to be the pastor of the Plymouth Heights church of the…
Lifestyles
Doug Johnson: Deep-rooted habits hard to pull away from
One day, an old teacher was taking a walk through a forest with a student by his side.…
Opinion
Jeri Fields: Correcting the record about Social Security Direct Deposit
Recent reports in the media that Social Security plans to eliminate telephone services are inaccurate. SSA is increasing…
Opinion
Tom Purcell: 70 years ago, we beat polio
She came home with a high temperature, feeling very ill. The next morning, her legs gave out when…
Lifestyles
MJ Wixsom: Heartworm disease is serious, but easily prevented in pets
Heartworm disease is a serious and potentially fatal condition that affects not only dogs, but also cats and…
Opinion
Jim Crawford: A needed Democratic call to action
In a short couple of months, the Trump administration has weakened the economy, placed incompetents in top government…
Opinion
Tim Throckmorton: Words to live by still ring after 250 years
The year was 1775 and Virginia leaders had convened the Second Virginia Convention at Richmond — in what…
Opinion
MJ Wixsom: The cost of compassion: A veterinarian’s perspective
Friday evening, just as the clinic was winding down for the day, a distraught woman arrived at Guardian…
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