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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 Very Good Use of Technology

by Mary Jo Shannon Checking my email one evening, I was surprised to see one from my daughter Kathy with the intriguing subject line...

Big Government – Small Job Growth

by Dick Baynton A new national JOBS report came out recently from the US Department of Labor. According to the report, unemployment fell to...

P. Buckley Moss – The People’s Artist

by Mary Jo Shannon Upon my retirement from the Shedd Early Learning Center in 1988, the parents and faculty gave me a signed print...

Getting the News

by Hayden Hollingsworth It comes as no surprise that newspapers are struggling to survive, or even if they should.  As has been pointed in...

Them’s Fightin’ Words

by Robert Adcox Yesterday evening I was on YouTube chasing down rumors of an engine explosion (How many opportunities do you get to see...

Ask the Nature Lady by Marlene A. Condon

I really like how “friendly” dragonflies seem to be.  These creatures are not as easily frightened by humans as are most large—and therefore...