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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 articles are intended to help keep learning how to “love” and nurture your magnificent...

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...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Antisemite Zohran Mamdani Will Be An Economic Disaster For New York City – Part II

In my opinion, Mamdani’s charisma, savvy, and eloquence are highly overrated compared to his bona...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Antisemite Zohran Mamdani Will Be An Economic Disaster For New York City – Part I

Antisemite Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic Socialist candidate for mayor in New York City on November...

SERWAN ZANGANA: John Reid Visits Roanoke City Registrar’s Office Amid Virginia Election Season

The Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor, John Reid, visited the Roanoke City Registrar’s office on...

Fathers: Looking Back . . . Looking Forward

I remember the TV newsman, David Brinkley, once commented on the qualifications of a particular political candidate: “He says he’s a tax payer...

“And The Darkness Did Not Overcome It . . .”

John Will Creasy, a local artist missed by many, designed a specialized and symbolic cross for his church many years ago.  Overlapping the...

A Subterranean Invasion – Groundhogs!

As early as 1674 settlers in Virginia became acquainted with this burrowing rodent. Attempting to spell its Indian name, they joined two English...

Things Happen . . .

You remember the tag line from the old movie “Jaws?”  Just when you thought it was safe to go in the water ....

Recipe of the Week: Summer Squash Casserole

Maybe those of us who love summer love it most of all for these reasons - the sights, the sounds, the smells, are...

Presenting Some Seriously Slippery Summer Syllogistics

Children are more pliable, more flexible, more resilient and more durable than adults.  It's official.  Not because the AMA says so.  It wasn't...
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