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BECKY MAUPIN: Overwhelmed Doesn’t Mean Ungrateful

If you’re on social media for any amount of time, you pretty quickly see that there is mixed content. Some of it is positive and gives you really good...

BOB BROWN: When the Underdog Bites Has Rabies, and a Mean Owner

We have a strong human urge to identify with the “underdog.” There is nothing new...

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

Unfortunately, Trump’s present ceasefire as of October 9 is analogous to the armistice signed between...

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

Phase one of Trump‘s twenty-point peace plan in the Gaza Strip, which began on October...

FRED FIRST: Approaching the Longest Night

Yes, you’re right—if you’ve even noticed—that this space has been neglected for some weeks now,...

Fright vs. Terror: What’s the difference?

Everyone has known the feeling of fright but few of us have ever known true terror.  The differences between the two are vast. When...

“The Ring of Old Silver Lightly Dropped”

As a newcomer to the Roanoke Valley, I will not be convinced that winter is finally behind us until I hear the wood...

Presenting Environmental DUH vs. FACT

On the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, it's becoming clear that the waters of the world are being destroyed by...water. DUH:  Sometime in the...

What Love Can Do…

The mutt lay motionless in our front yard, snow matted in his coarse brown hair, eyes half-closed and mucous running from both nostrils....

LWH—Living While Hispanic

It’s sometimes daunting how much times have changed.  As the change occurs, it seems scarcely noticeable at first--then it becomes so monumental it...

The Recipe of the Week: Bean & Salmon Salad with Anchovy-Arugula Dressing

In my own life, when I am not eating right it is simply because I have not planned out our meals well. It...