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BOB BROWN: VICIOUS ANGER VERSES FRIENDLY STRIFE

General of the Army Douglas MacArthur graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1903. He became the commander of the 42nd (“Rainbow”) Division in France during...

BOB BROWN: KILLING TRUTH

The Declaration of Independence cites God four times—as "Nature's God," "Creator," "Supreme Judge of the...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Charlie Kirk’s P*** Poor Security at Utah Valley University in Orem

I always enjoyed listening to Charlie Kirk on a local radio station in Roanoke, Virginia, after...

FRED FIRST: Peregrinations of a *BoZo

I have a few bits of biological blarney to pass along before I focus later...

ANDY PITZER: No Offseason

“It’s the time of the season.” This pertains to and will make the most sense for...

Medical Education Revisited

Although long since retired from the practice of medicine, I have remained interested in how new physicians are trained. This has been more in...

Just Keep Paddling

I thought of Dory's line from Finding Nemo, "Just keep swimming. . . just keep swimming" in preparation for this piece and gave it...

City Council Fails to Listen to Residents In Cell Tower Approval

Here are some thoughts on the approval by Roanoke City Council for Pegasus Tower Company to construct a cell tower at 1809 Franklin Rd SW,...

Leaving Candyland

Humans want the sweet life. It’s an endearing, useful instinct that has kept our kind like nectar-seeking bees alive through the ages. But today, our...

How Did My Granddad Do It?

I'm deep into what we dentists call a crown preparation. The subject tooth is the upper left second molar, aka tooth number 15. The...

More Than A Week’s Worth of Sadness

This has been a week that will long be remembered for tragedies on many fronts. The Arab/Israeli conflict escalated for the nth time. Are...