Archive for the ‘Current Affairs’ Category
Thursday, August 3rd, 2006
It's another fine southern day as long as you haven't had to go outside since 6 am this morning. I was pleased to at least see an outline of the mountains this morning. It's reassuring to know that they are...
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Thursday, August 3rd, 2006
It's another fine southern day as long as you haven't had to go outside since 6 am this morning. I was pleased to at least see an outline of the mountains this morning. It's reassuring to know that they are...
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Thursday, August 3rd, 2006
It's another fine southern day as long as you haven't had to go outside since 6 am this morning. I was pleased to at least see an outline of the mountains this morning. It's reassuring to know that they are...
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Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006
Today as I sit in my comfortable basement office, looking out over the Roanoke Valley, I'm disappointed that the mountains have disappeared by a haze which I'm sure has something to do with the vast number of cars and trucks...
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Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006
Today as I sit in my comfortable basement office, looking out over the Roanoke Valley, I'm disappointed that the mountains have disappeared by a haze which I'm sure has something to do with the vast number of cars and trucks...
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Friday, July 28th, 2006
Whether you believe in global warming or not, we seem to have a hot summer on our hands. If that's not enough the situation in the Middle East has heated up past the boiling point. Even technology seems to be...
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Friday, July 28th, 2006
Whether you believe in global warming or not, we seem to have a hot summer on our hands. If that's not enough the situation in the Middle East has heated up past the boiling point. Even technology seems to be...
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Thursday, July 13th, 2006
This scene is one that I often see as I walk through downtown Roanoke. The area where our Webmail.us sale office is located is a relatively vibrant downtown spot. Yet there are always businesses coming and going. I often wonder...
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Thursday, July 13th, 2006
This scene is one that I often see as I walk through downtown Roanoke. The area where our Webmail.us sale office is located is a relatively vibrant downtown spot. Yet there are always businesses coming and going. I often wonder...
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Thursday, July 13th, 2006
This scene is one that I often see as I walk through downtown Roanoke. The area where our Webmail.us sale office is located is a relatively vibrant downtown spot. Yet there are always businesses coming and going. I often wonder...
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Monday, July 3rd, 2006
From my perch on the mountain, I would have to say that there is more than a vague uneasiness stirring among the people of the republic. It's not just politics, but that also plays into it. People are fed up...
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Monday, July 3rd, 2006
From my perch on the mountain, I would have to say that there is more than a vague uneasiness stirring among the people of the republic. It's not just politics, but that also plays into it. People are fed up...
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Monday, July 3rd, 2006
From my perch on the mountain, I would have to say that there is more than a vague uneasiness stirring among the people of the republic. It's not just politics, but that also plays into it. People are fed up...
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Monday, July 3rd, 2006
From my perch on the mountain, I would have to say that there is more than a vague uneasiness stirring among the people of the republic. It's not just politics, but that also plays into it. People are fed up...
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Friday, June 30th, 2006
Yesterday the Roanoke Times printed an article, Menhaden is a small, but important fish. The article talks about the link between menhaden and sport fishery.Many fishermen know of menhaden only as bait, while most other Virginians probably don't know of...
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Thursday, June 8th, 2006
I hate to say it but good news is hard to come by today. By the time I read Can We Get Iraq Moving Again?, in the Washington Post, David Brooks' Savagery's Stranglehold, and Bob Hebert's, Other People's Blood, both...
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Thursday, May 18th, 2006
If you've ever spent much time studying the past, it's common sense to know that almost everything changes. Lots of times we end up embracing things that have changed dramatically. Family life in the early centuries of America often involved...
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Thursday, May 18th, 2006
If you've ever spent much time studying the past, it's common sense to know that almost everything changes. Lots of times we end up embracing things that have changed dramatically. Family life in the early centuries of America often involved...
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Tuesday, May 9th, 2006
I'm glad I snapped the photo of the trees in the fog earlier because they're disappearing rapidly as some even more serious fog rolls in and obscures everything. We're seem to be trapped below 50 degrees Fahrenheit but the weather...
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Monday, May 1st, 2006
As the sun rises on yet another week of higher gas prices, we might want to be thankful we're not living in Canada. I talked to my college roommate Gus last night. Gus lives in Halifax, NS, and is about...
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