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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: Asa Hunt House Update Part Nine

"You from Jersey? Yeah? What exit?" Or perhaps we should ask, "Yeah? Which province?" On July 1, 1676, four greedy men named Penn, Lawrie, Lucas...

STUART REVERCOMB: The Malaise Thickens

Watching the arrival of the New Year on TV was interesting. Let’s just say that most of what we witnessed didn’t have a thing...

DICK BAYNTON: David Wiley’s Great Gift of Music

The greatest gift of ‘humankind’ is the birth of a child. Even though those who are agnostic or atheist and don’t believe in God...

H. BRUCE RINKER: The Politics of Paranoia

I am the son of a long-line of Virginia farmers and hunters who believe that our children should be taught the proper use of...

STUART REVERCOMB: Finding The Good in Christmas

“Well, that shouldn’t be so hard to do,” you say. I mean it’s Christmas after all – as a minimum gifts are given, people...

CAROLINE REVERCOMB: From Korea With Love

I just returned from a trip of a lifetime to South Korea where son Will is stationed.   After a 13+ hour flight back to...