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ROBERT L. MARONIC: Nathan’s July 4th Hot Dog Eating Contest Is An Ode To Gluttony

Joey Chestnut, 41, who is 6’1”, surprisingly only 230 pounds, and a personification of gluttony, won the Nathan‘s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest, which was located at Coney Island in Brooklyn, New...

BOB BROWN: Lost and Found

All of us encounter loss. The meaning we attribute to loss influences our response to...

FRED FIRST: Where You’re From

In the very early years of writing, I was exposed to a poem called “Where...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: I No Longer Watch Baltimore Orioles’ Baseball Games

I no longer watch Baltimore Orioles’ baseball games. I now only watch innings, and if I...

ANDY PITZER: “Look Mom! No iPhone!”

A very interesting visually recorded interview showed up on my feed the other night. In...

HAYDEN HOLLINGSWORTH: Diversity Revisited

October 17, 2017

We hear a lot about diversity these days. There are even groups here in Roanoke to foster our understanding it. Having attended one it...

Scandal, Sex and Short Memories

October 16, 2017

Shangri-La is a fictional valley as described in a novel by British author James Hilton. The year was 1933 and the book was entitled...

H. Bruce Rinker: Walls for Nature, Bridges for Opportunity

October 11, 2017

For politicians set on trimming budget excess and perceived necessities, there is hardly a more embarrassing boondoggle in a federal budget than a $100...

HAYDEN HOLLINGSWORTH: A Little Common Sense, Please

October 11, 2017

I can’t just keep quiet about Las Vegas. Everything that can be said about gun control has already been said—many times over—and it has...

DICK BAYNTON: Roanoke City Jail: Self-Imposed Death Sentences

October 9, 2017

One of our readers of this column sent an E-Mail message recently pointing out that the Roanoke City Jail was reportedly where an inordinate...

Barbara Leach: Late Summer Early Fall in The Garden

October 4, 2017

By far, the diagnosis for the majority of samples that were brought in to the VCE Master Gardener Help Desk lately have been weather...

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BOB BROWN: Lost and Found

FRED FIRST: Where You’re From

ROBERT L. MARONIC: I No Longer Watch Baltimore Orioles’ Baseball Games

ANDY PITZER: “Look Mom! No iPhone!”

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ROBERT L. MARONIC: Nathan’s July 4th Hot Dog Eating Contest Is An Ode To Gluttony

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