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ROBERT L. MARONIC: Hurricane Erin Is Our Future – Part II

Unfortunately, the U.S. is not the only country experiencing climate change. It is a global phenomenon without denial, despite what President Trump or MAGA believes and propagates. In late July,...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Hurricane Erin Is Our Future – Part I

I read a prescient and depressing article in the Associated Press written by Danica Coto on August 16,...

BOB BROWN: Woeful War on Common Sense

As a child, I loved to listen when my mother told stories. They tended to...

LUCKY GARVIN: CAN YOU HEAR ME?

He was out mowing the lawn, her robust eighty-year-old husband. Then, it seemed to her,...

SCOT BELLAVIA: What Are Alexa’s Pronouns?

I’ve heard it said that we've welcomed robots into our homes without hesitation because they...

To Vacation: A Lost Verb Reclaimed

The skyline of New York City is fading in the blue haze, below and behind me, and I am headed home. Is it...

Back to School Daze?

Well,  either they have just returned or will be returning soon to their youthful, almost full-time jobs….school.  We may not see school as...

Why Should We Care for Our Neighbor? by Tupper Garden

“Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it.”  Hebrews 13:2 Why should we...

Grandmother’s Most Wonderful Roast Beef

My Grandmother and Grandfather on my mother’s side lived here in Roanoke (I grew up in Charleston WV) and they were members at...

Bringing Mexico’s Pyramids to Virginia

During August, I fulfilled a fervent boyhood dream: to climb the ancient pyramids of Teotihuacan outside Mexico City.  Not only did I climb...

The Father’s Story

Over my nearly forty years practicing Emergency Medicine, I have attempted to hone my skills of observation, smell, sight and hearing, in order...