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ANDY PITZER: Silent Barter

Take a look at your salt shaker the next time you sit down at the dinner table. Or the canister of Morton’s Salt in your cupboard. Now take a gander...

FRED FIRST: Spaces: Inner, Outer & Other

I exist even still in a “liminal space” (which could be a whole other post—with...

ANDY PITZER: Paraphrasing GPT

When I come to think about it, probably the one thing I’m most proud of...

BOB BROWN: IF YOU LOVE YOUR BRAIN, TAKE CARE 0F IT, PART THREE

This is A Brief Educational Summary of Neuroscience 101, Part THREE, our final section. These...

SERWAN ZANGANA: It’s time for positive change in Roanoke City, vote James Creasy for Sheriff

An enthusiastic and experienced law enforcement officer, a veteran deputy, is eager to bring changes...

SCOTT DREYER: Abraham Lincoln’s Proclamation Declaring Thanksgiving a National Holiday

Many of us associate Thanksgiving with turkey and football, but why do we celebrate it in November? And why is it always on a...

SCOTT DREYER: When I Learned What Thanksgiving Is About

O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.          -- Psalm 136:1 Most people probably associate...

DEVOTIONAL: Have an “Attitude of Gratitude”

Jesus asked, “Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine?  Has no one returned to give praise to God except this foreigner?” ...

SCOTT DREYER: “Red” Herring Gets the Pink Slip (Part 2)

(This is a follow-up to Part 1.) Early in Mark Herring’s term as Virginia Attorney General (AG), I was often concerned by his leftwing positions...

SCOTT DREYER: “Red” Herring Gets the Pink Slip (Part 1) 

If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools....

MIKE KEELER: So There Was This Guy From New Hampshire . . .

He moved to Seattle. Then, during the Yukon Gold Rush, he went north in search of riches. In 1897, his exploits were featured in...