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BOB BROWN: Journey to the Promised Land of Health

Robert Francis Kennedy, Jr., also known by his initials RFK Jr., is the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services. He is a member of the Kennedy family, a...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Iran Is Playing Trump Like A Chump

Since Ayatollah Khomeini seized power on February 11, 1979, after the exile of the Shah of Iran the...

FRED FIRST: Lonesome Highway: Hurry Up and Wait

If you don't know where you're going, how will you know when you get there? We...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: The CBS Evening News Made Me Cry A River Of Tears

I was watching the CBS Evening News, co-hosted by John Dickerson and Maurice Dubois on April 17,...

DAWN CUSTALOW: American Travelers – A Cautionary Tale

My cultural underpinnings were first rooted in my Indian reservation in Virginia, yet my world...

Reaching High School Students Should Be Our TOP Priority

Every year I look at the photos of the graduating seniors in the newspaper. I look at each school and each student carefully and...

The Curious Birder: Intervene or Put Me Back!?

I received a call about a robin’s nest that fell down twice from a gutter. The frustrated homeowner put the babies in what was...

An Evening Worth Attending

The 16th annual Book & Author dinner will be held Friday, April 11 at The Hotel Roanoke & Conference Center. Sponsored by the Roanoke...

An Obsession With Coercion and Extortion

U.S. Department of Labor investigators visited blueberry farms in the Willamette River Valley near Salem, Oregon in July 2012 to audit their records. Although...

The Coolest Joe of Them All

Not all memories come readily to mind. When my brother, Denny, and I wrote the collaborative diary of our childhoods – “Growing Up In...

The Case of The Night Sweats

Most of my friends are rather eccentric, and one of them recently recounted to me the following tale: "It was two nights in a row....