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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...

MIKE KEELER: The Lasting Legacy of Doctor Bronner and His Magic Soap

The Doctor is dead. But he's still trying to clean up the world's messes. The Heilbronner family were soap makers. They got their name from...

The Super Bowl Halftime Blues

I’ve got the Super Bowl Halftime Blues and apparently, I am not alone. Negative reaction this time around seems to have grown exponentially -...

DICK BAYNTON: From Riches to Refugees

As we have all noticed some Democratic candidates for the presidency of our country are advocating a sharp turn toward socialism. Socialism is the...

MIKE KEELER: The Effectiveness (or not) of Super Bowl Advertising Over Time  

Are you getting the feeling that we've been here once before? But ONLY once before? Maybe that's because this year the Super Bowl falls...

STUART REVERCOMB: The Focus of Our Adulation

The sudden and tragic death of anyone, even if they are a complete stranger, always hits us deeply - especially if the person is...

DICK BAYNTON: Remnants of Rampage

The two girls are now 13 and 16 and living in Germany under the watchful eyes of D?zen Tekkal who directed a documentary entitled,...