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...
MIKE KEELER: I’m Gonna Sell You A Book
As we head to the holidays, here’s my year-end gift to you: I’m gonna sell you a book.But first let me tell you about...
SCOT BELLAVIA: Before I Forget
I have a website on which I’ve linked all my articles for The Roanoke Star as well as others I’ve written. The site is...
JAMES FINCK: Christmas 2021 – The Need To Forgive
As I have considered how I wanted to end this year, I knew I wanted to try to bring a message of hope and...
MELINDA MYERS: Bring a Bit of Spring Color Indoors
Pot them up, give them a chill and enjoy spring flowering bulbs indoors or outside on a patio, deck or porch. This is a great...
Countdown to Freedom: 32 Days
by Kerry DoughertyRepublished by arrangement with Bacon's Rebellion.Oh look.California’s dopey governor is following New York’s crazy executive. They’re both re-instituting what didn’t work the...
Diversity Statements Snuff Out Academic Freedom
by Dr. Allan StamRepublished by arrangement with Bacon's Rebellion.Why should you care about faculty review policies at the University of Virginia and other public...