Retired Army Lt. Col. Carroll Swain left mark on Roanoke government
He was described as a "scrupulous but fair officer" by the late Colin Powell.
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He was described as a "scrupulous but fair officer" by the late Colin Powell.
He was described as a "scrupulous but fair officer" by the late Colin Powell.
NewsJust a few decades ago, it was still possible for the left to find space on corporate-owned airwaves. Progressive talkers like Tom Leykis, Lynn Samuels and Phil Donahue found wide audiences until they got pushed off the air by the corporate powers that be. I worked talk radio in Los Angeles and San Francisco until 2007.
How the city’s media created public panic over a crime wave that wasn’t and dismantled Colorado’s storied juvenile justice system
Brazil's Government is unwilling and unable to halt destruction in the Amazon rainforest despite emergency measures it announced last week to curb rising deforestation, environmental expert say. High commodity prices and increased land use elsewhere in Brazil are driving ranchers and farmers deeper into the Amazon in search of cheap land, envir