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Eat at the Shanghai!
If you ask them if they are Chinese, they will tell you they are American.
Nov 16 • 
Ben Talley
War and Peace
(and our shared humanity)
Nov 9 • 
Ben Talley
Teaching a World Series Champion
Justin Grimm, a native of Bristol VA, was a pitcher for the 2016 World Series champion team, the Chicago Cubs.
Nov 2 • 
Ben Talley
Are you rich or poor? An easy way to tell
As you read this sentence, my friends, imagine that you have exactly 24 hours left to live - and not one minute more.
Oct 26 • 
Ben Talley
Every picture tells a story
Pic one below:
Oct 19
Humanity's secret superpower: grandparents
Anthropologists (you know, those really smart scientists who study ancient humans) tell us that something extraordinary happened to the human race…
Oct 12 • 
Ben Talley
Just five minutes
(Something new this time!
Oct 5 • 
Ben Talley
Bristol's Atticus Finch
In the multiple Oscar award-winning movie, ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’, the protagonist is a small-town attorney who goes by the name of Atticus Finch.
Sep 28 • 
Ben Talley
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Not just a local read, but a humanitarian "movement"; toward community and unity. Uniquely individual stories - delivered in a distinctly "Appalachian" style by an award-winning writer and National Teachers Hall of Fame member.

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