Dr. Nicholas’ Corner: The Persistence of Obsolete Beliefs
By Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD The ancient Greeks, as usual, had a word for it, ου με πείσεις καν με πείσης — “You are not going to persuade me, even if you give me evidence to persuade […]
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Essay Contest in 1932 Included Amelia Earhart as a Judge
By Kay Whatley Today is the 80th anniversary of the date when aviator Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Frederick Noonan, disappeared on July 2, 1937. While I don’t share family stories much, I decided I would pass […]
Dr. Nicholas’ Corner: Some Thoughts about Our Death
By Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD We erroneously have believed in the past that the knowledge of our inevitable death was an exclusive one for we humans. Now we do know that elephants for sure — and […]
Dr. Nicholas’ Corner: Death of Your Partner
By Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD We humans are above all social beings. Our evolutionary success and survival depended on it and still does. A significant part of us prompts us to cooperate, exchange affection, display altruism, […]
Dr. Nicholas’ Corner: Into the Woods and Across the River
Editorial by Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD We humans, only yesterday geological-time-wise, were roaming the Savannas and the forests, just about a hundred to two hundred thousand years ago. And we loved it! At night, as the darkness […]
Dr. Nicholas’ Corner: And Now – All About Poetry
Editorial by Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD, DLFAPA And there is poetry. Poetry is putting words in an emotionally mobilized way to better express our secret deep feelings, fantasies, and life that usually we do not dare to […]
Dr. Nicholas’ Corner: The Beep Beep Game
Editorial by Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD, DLFAPA There was in the near-past a cartoon, sometimes shown before starting the main feature in a movie or on television, whereupon a coyote was forever chasing an animal known as […]
Dr. Nicholas’ Corner: 2 War, The Ever-present Looming Monster of Humanity
Editorial by Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD, DLFAPA Let’s declare from the beginning: war is not inevitable. Switzerland and Sweden with their centuries of peace attest to that. Neither is it an organized faculty residing in our human […]
Dr. Nicholas’ Corner: The Folly of Our Responses to Terrorist Acts
Editorial by Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD, DLFAPA Our exaggerated responses, both by the officials and the media, while self-serving with the created big hullabaloo, to terrorist acts are in fact aiding and abetting their intended goals. We […]
Detroit Needs Affordable Water, Not More Shutoffs
Statement by Wenonah Hauter, Executive Director, Food & Water Watch Via Kate Fried, fwwatch.org “Nearly three years after it started an aggressive plan to shut off water service to households that are delinquent on their water bills, […]
Dr. Nicholas’ Corner: What is Normal?
Editorial by Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD, DLFAPA I have often been asked what is normal in humans regarding their thinking, behavior, and their feelings. Here is my answer: A normal human being is a person that — given […]
Dr. Nicholas’ Corner: Affection and Gratitude for My Adopted Country Revisited
Editorial by Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD, DLFAPA Our country, which I was lucky to adopt for the last 55 years (trying to contribute and be useful like the rest of my fellow citizens), is enormous, privileged, and […]
In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb
By Kay Whatley, Editor I don’t hear this saying about March — if it comes in like a lion it will go out like a lamb — used much in North Carolina. Here in NC we have beautiful […]
Dr. Nicholas’ Corner: Let’s Talk About Religion
Editorial by Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD, DLFAPA Religious narratives and practices are almost universal. All such narratives share certain characteristics centered around a powerful deity, whether it is called God, Theos, Gott, Dieu, Allah, Elloheim, YHWH, or […]
While Many Cheer Animal Rescues, One SPCA Holds On To A Big Cat
**UPDATE: Shadow the leopard passed away at the Virginia SPCA on February 23, 2017. Our original article from February 9 is included below.** ______________________________________ Despite the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) focus on […]
Editorial: Celebrating Love & Caring
By Kay Whatley This day for expressing love is named after Saint Valentine. Dating back many centuries, Valentine’s Day was removed from the General Roman Calendar of Saints in 1969 due to conflicting historical information […]
Dr. Nicholas’ Corner: Modernity – A World of Contradictions
Editorial by Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD, DLFAPA Modernity brought changes such as rapid dissemination of information along with equally rapid dissemination of technological innovations and scientific knowledge, mutually beneficial inter-dependency in trade, massive traveling and inflow of […]
Dr. Nicholas’ Corner: The Future of Humans
Editorial by Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD, DLFAPA Are we humans going to make it? We could and we may. We have all the qualities for it; but, we should not take that for granted, even though we […]
Editorial: Talking ‘bout Resolutions (Part 2)
New Year’s Resolutions are tough to make, and to keep, so this two-part article is designed to help you succeed by keeping your resolutions in mind. Now several weeks into 2017, hopefully you have had a […]
New Year, New Career: Making the Right Impression on Job Interviews
The new year can be a good time to switch jobs; especially if you’re unhappy at work or dissatisfied with the work itself. Below is some advice from a job search company that may help […]
Best Selling Author from Franklin County: Erin Knightley Shares Some of Her Writing Secrets
By Jackie Dove-Miller Did you know that there is a best-selling romance author living right here in Franklin County? Erin Knightley, who spent her formative years in Kentucky, lives with her husband at Lake Royale. […]
Editorial: Talking ‘bout Resolutions (Part 1)
By The Whatleys New Year, new slate. As 2017 rolled in, opportunity came with it. The new year gives a chance to set resolutions and make changes, big and small. People set resolutions based on […]
Editorial: Ring in the New Year!
By The Whatleys It’s that time again: ring out the old and ring in the new. New Year 2017 is approaching, It’s a time for reviewing the year behind, and looking forward to the year ahead. […]
Dr. Nicholas’ Corner: Irrational Tribalism
How our own collective irrational responses, dictated by tribal traits embedded in our human nature, aid and abet terrorists in their aims Editorial by Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD, DLFAPA The amazing fact is hiding in plain sight, […]
Dr. Nicholas’ Corner: The Dark Side of Tribalism
Editorial by Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD, DLFAPA We humans are social beings. We cooperate, have altruism, empathy, eagerness to excel, and solicit the admiration and approval of our tribe/nation/group. We also share heroic narratives and faith along […]
Jackie Dove-Miller, Spoken Word Artist Hones Her Craft While Inspiring Others
By Donna Campbell Smith Jackie Dove-Miller wrote her first story when she was in the third grade. She says they were given a picture of a girl with an ice-cream cone behind her back, and […]
Editorial: Peace and Thanks
By Kay Whatley This morning, as I pondered the upcoming holiday and the plight of displaced North Carolina residents, I opened Facebook to check for any new free Thanksgiving dinner announcements. Instead, I saw this Bible […]
US Teens and Adults Equal in Belief in Higher Power
Ed. Note: In November 2016, the Harris Poll released its findings on what US adults and teens believe. Below are their poll findings. American Teens No Longer More Likely than Adults to Believe In […]