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...
SCOTT DREYER: Roanokers Need to Gather Around National Day of Prayer
First of all, then, I urge that requests, prayers, intercession, and thanksgiving be made on behalf of all people, for kings and all who...
SCOTT DREYER: What A Difference A Year Makes
“The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.” – Proverbs 22:7 (NIV)The above ancient warning from the Book of...
MELINDA MYERS: Grow Edamame for Better Health and Nutrition
Add a bit of fiber to your garden and diet. Consider growing edamame (edible soybeans) in this year’s garden.Soybeans help promote overall health reducing...
STUART REVERCOMB: Pepsi Joins Coke in Leading The Great Corporate Divide
I was just told to "Dig in and support black owned restaurants" by the Pepsi Company in a nationally run television ad during a...
MIKE KEELER: Presenting Some Light In The Tunnel
If you were to travel back to mid-1500’s England, you wouldn’t find any theatres. Europe was still getting over the ravages of the Black...
SCOT BELLAVIA: Chauvin’s Verdict Does Little for Justice
I’m hesitant to write this because there’s such a thin line between commenting out of a feeling of obligation and out of personal need.If...