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BOB BROWN: LOVE YOUR BRAIN, Part TWO

This is A Brief Educational Summary of Neuroscience 101, Part Two. It is for informational purposes only. For medical advice or diagnosis, consult your physician. Ask your doctor how...

FRED FIRST: Don’t Fail to Miss: Nasty Nature Nightmares

I’m sorry, I just had to vent. The following is not very well stated but...

BECKY MAUPIN: Time Won’t Slow Down, But You Can

Every mom I know has said it at least once, probably while changing out clothes...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Is Phase Two Of Trump‘s Peace Plan In The Gaza Strip Doomed To Fail?

Phase two of Trump‘s peace plan in the Gaza Strip called for Hamas to surrender its...

BOB BROWN: LOVE YOUR BRAIN

This is A Brief Educational Summary of Neuroscience 101, Part One. It is for informational...

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...