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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...

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....

Dream Weavers

This song from the mid 70's popped into my head just before going to sleep last night. Although it transports me to middle school,...

Repairing the Fishing Holes

You can catch some good news from the planet these days. It just requires casting your info-net down below the turbid political froth to...