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SCOTT DREYER: Conduct Your “Year In Review”

James Clear, in his award-winning book Atomic Habits, encourages his readers to conduct an annual “Year in Review.”  There is nothing magical about the date January 1; personal growth and...

FRED FIRST: Small Moments. Long Life

Images: In our eyes. On our minds. From our memories. Conjured in our dreams. Right...

BOB BROWN: Decoding the New “Structure of Feeling”

This is the time to marshal up hope for the New Year. Hope is wanting...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: The Heroism Of Ahmed Al-Ahmed At Bondi Beach In Sydney, Australia

Not all Muslims are bad people. In fact, most Muslims are good and decent people....

DAWN CUSTALOW: THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD

For all who wait For all who hunger For all who’ve prayed For all who wonder Behold... Christmas is...

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...