Columnists
MORGAN GRIFFITH: A Very Problematic Healthcare Hack
Our country is experiencing a massive shift in technology. Our daily activities often revolve around computers and smartphones.Our Information Technology (IT) infrastructure grows daily. But so do the threats...
MIKE KEELER: One Big Bottle of DUH
Let us now praise the pandemic.It was poetic that on the 50th Anniversary of Earth...
FRED FIRST: My Wee Musical Man-Cave
Digital Tones and Frets and Reeds: Oh My!A month ago this small room behind me...
SERWAN ZANGANA: FISA Continues to Allow Spying on American / Foreign Citizens
The U.S House and Senate voted to reauthorize the surveillance program, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act...
RANDY HUFF: Estate Sales, Letting Go, and Hope
I see the yard and trees and driveway through the window and I wonder if...
H. BRUCE RINKER, Ph.D.: We Do What We Can
“Illness is the night-side of life,” Susan Sontag, 1978According to the RMH Foundation, cancer outpaces national trends and kills more people in the Shenandoah...
DICK BAYNTON: New Year 2019
Here are some fearless forecasts for 2019 and beyond . . .Fasten your seat belt because there will be a blizzard of investigations. Most...
DENNIS GARVIN: Social Justice in America: Typical Hypocrisy
Social Justice claims to represent the downtrodden, disenfranchised, and victimized. Among their worthy efforts, however, there lurks an agenda that is malignant. Among Social...
BARBARA LEACH: Predicting the 2019 Gardening Season
The Farmer’s Almanac is claiming an accurate prediction for last winter. While exact storm dates may not have been spot on, the overall predictions...
Mike Keeler: Out of The Darkness Came a Pretty Bright Idea
Hamburg is one tough town. Since it was established by Charlemagne in 808 as the northern outpost of the Holy Roman Empire, Hamburg has...
DICK BAYNTON: Shifting Sands of Government
There are many ways that the approximately 200 countries in today’s world are governed. The oldest country in the world is considered to be...