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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...

Silly Science – Part II

“Where is the wise man?  Where is the scholar?  Where is the philosopher of this age?  Has God not made foolish the wisdom of...

Four New Doctors of Medicine

Three years ago I wrote a column for the now erstwhile Roanoke Star-Sentinel about four medical students who had just completed their first year...

Regime Change? YES!

Reports indicate that Judicial Watch has received an E-Mail (through FOIA) revealing that Ben Rhodes advised Susan Rice prior to her morning media appearances...

Super Size Me

It has been quite some time since I saw this 2004 documentary about Morgan Spurlock who directed and starred in the film. He ate...

First Year of Medical School: Successfully Completed

This column first appeared in The Roanoke Star-Sentinel, August 1, 2011. These four students will add “M.D.” after their names in just a few...

The Myths and Misunderstandings of Inequality

The Sports sections of leading newspapers report the results of Sunday’s athletic contests in the Monday editions. Winners of various competitions including the Ladies...