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ANDY PITZER: Silent Barter

Take a look at your salt shaker the next time you sit down at the dinner table. Or the canister of Morton’s Salt in your cupboard. Now take a gander...

FRED FIRST: Spaces: Inner, Outer & Other

I exist even still in a “liminal space” (which could be a whole other post—with...

ANDY PITZER: Paraphrasing GPT

When I come to think about it, probably the one thing I’m most proud of...

BOB BROWN: IF YOU LOVE YOUR BRAIN, TAKE CARE 0F IT, PART THREE

This is A Brief Educational Summary of Neuroscience 101, Part THREE, our final section. These...

SERWAN ZANGANA: It’s time for positive change in Roanoke City, vote James Creasy for Sheriff

An enthusiastic and experienced law enforcement officer, a veteran deputy, is eager to bring changes...

A “Jobs Report”… Report

The ‘jobs report’ is published each month by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the U.S. Department of Labor. The most recent...

Does the School Environment Really Matter?

I am asked regularly why my children attend a Christian School.  In large part due to my profession, I can easily begin listing...

The Phenomena of Caring

When Sabrina and I first began rehabbing as a team some twelve years ago, any reasonable person, asked the question: Will Lucky or...

Saying Goodbye To A Cherished Part of The Pack

Dogs are perfect little animals.  They love unconditionally, forgive easily, and never ask for money or the car keys.  Dogs are also future...

Moveable Media

Around 1450, Johannes Gutenberg had his first moveable-type printing press in operation.  It has been widely hailed as one of the most significant...

Washington’s Gift to the People: $620 Billion in New Taxes

The ‘national debt’ of .4 trillion is simply the accumulated amount of money our federal government spends more than it collects. It isn’t...