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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: Virginia Shouts “STOP THE INSANITY!” (Part 4)

Pride goes before a fall. -- Old Saying, based on Proverbs 16:18  You earn wages, only to put them in a purse with holes in...

DEVOTIONAL: Where Are You Placing Your Trust?

It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in humans.  --Psalm 118:8 Here in Virginia, we just ended a long electoral...

SCOTT DREYER: Virginia Shouts “STOP THE INSANITY!” (Part 3)

Pride goes before a fall.  -- Old Saying, based on Proverbs 16:18  To continue Part I and Part 2, this column seeks to explain more of...

SCOTT DREYER: Virginia Screams “STOP THE INSANITY!” (Part 2)

"Democracy is not a spectator sport." --Mike Quigley Many elections are discussed after the fact by politicians and talking heads in the media. However, Virginia’s...

SCOTT DREYER: Virginia Screams “STOP THE INSANITY!” (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. ...

SCOT BELLAVIA: When Stretching The Truth Isn’t Lying

This past month, I read through the four gospels chronologically. The schedule I followed grouped stories together, having me read one or two chapters...