All posts by Eric Robert Nolan

Eric Robert Nolan graduated from Mary Washington College in 1994 with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology. He spent several years a news reporter and editorial writer for the Culpeper Star Exponent in Culpeper, Virginia. His work has also appeared on the front pages of numerous newspapers in Virginia, including The Free Lance – Star and The Daily Progress. Eric entered the field of philanthropy in 1996, as a grant writer for nonprofit healthcare organizations. Eric’s poetry has been featured by Dead Beats Literary Blog, Dagda Publishing, The International War Veterans’ Poetry Archive, and elsewhere. His poetry will also be published by Illumen Magazine in its Spring 2014 issue.
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Cover to “Marvels” #0, Alex Ross, 1994

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Marvel Comics.

Marvels

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Newsday prints my letter about the FBI’s search of Donald Trump’s home

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I just found out that my recent letter to the editor about the FBI’s search of Mar-a-Lago was printed in the Sunday edition of New York’s Newsday. You can find it right here.

Thanks once again to Newsday’s editorial staff for allowing me to share my opinion through this outstanding regional newspaper.

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[smiles and nods silently]

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Totally true fact — as a New Yorker living in The South, I do NOT always understand what people are saying to me. The accents, the idioms …

I CAN’T keep asking people to clarify or repeat things every time this happens. This town would grind to a halt.

So if I respond inappropriately or not at all to something you’ve said to me, Roanokers, please know that I can’t help it. A lot of your upbeat utterances kinda blend together for me. We could be talking about American Idol, the Spanish American War, three-cheese omelettes, the Nikkei Stock Index, whatever. I JUST DON’T KNOW.

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Cover to “Captain America: Steve Rogers” #7, Stephanie Hans, 2017

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Marvel Comics.

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A slow-moving train in Roanoke, VA, August 2022

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Just north of downtown, seen on an overcast summer day from the walkway over the railroad tracks.

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“Mother and Child” from “Basel’s Dance of Death” by Matthäus Merian, 17th Century

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basel

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WHATABOUT WHATABOUT WHATABOUT WHATABOUT

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“What about Hillary?”
“What about Obama?”
“What about Black Lives Matter” [et cetera, et alia]?

If these people and organizations are truly the nefarious bogeymen that you claim them to be, then why should they set the standards for your own behavior?

Okay … let me put it in simpler terms:

If Hillary does something wrong, it’s okay for your guy to do it? I thought you were AGAINST Hillary. Did I misunderstand you?

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“Monk” from “Basel’s Dance of Death” by Wenceslaus Hollar, 1651

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Copperplate.

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The Bristol Herald Courier prints my latest letter to the editor.

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The Bristol Herald Courier today printed my latest letter to the editor — this one is about the F.B.I. executing a search warrant at Donald Trump’s Florida home.  You can find it right here:

“A Reality Check”

Thanks once again to Managing Editor Roger Watson for allowing me to share my thoughts through this outstanding regional newspaper for Southwest Virginia.

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Cover to “F.B.I. Detective Stories” Volume 2, #1, 1949

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Popular Publications.  I cannot ascertain the cover artist, but I believe it was Norman Saunders.

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