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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...

“I just don’t think I could love a child who isn’t mine.” By Ed Dunnington

That wasn’t what I expected to hear from Christian friends when we announced we were pursuing adoption.  However, it’s not an uncommon response. ...

Wild Bill’s Weekly Sports Roundup

by Bill Turner It would be hardly arguable that last week offered black-Thursday on the local baseball and softball front for the Wild Bill...

Recipe of the Week: Summer’s Pizza On The Grill

by Leigh Sackett This recipe combines two of my favorite things - pizza and summertime! Summer is more like something you put on than a...

The Very Great Wisdom of Mr. Ellis

by Lucky Garvin I would not want Mr. Ellis angry with me. He is African-American; perhaps a bit over six feet in height, two...

The Danger of Online Education

by Hayden Hollingsworth Much has been written about higher education and its problems.  Financing has escalated to the point that only the very wealthy...

Pork Renderings

by Nick Thomas Despite its Northern name, the Boston Butt is a favorite cut of meat in the South.  It’s the best part of...