Columnists
FRED FIRST: To The End of The End of The Book
The uncertainty and never-ending unknowing may soon end. For the past year, there has been no dry land on the horizon. But we may not be adrift much longer.To...
SCOT BELLAVIA: A Chance Rescue
Normally, I wouldn’t have been driving home. I went to church early to set up...
MELINDA MYERS: Gardening Helps Grow Healthy, Happy Kids
Gardeners know and research is proving that gardening, even viewing a garden, as well as...
Of Bears and Men and Meeting in the Woods . . . Revisited
I've thought much on this woman-meets-man-or-bear-alone-in-the-woods meme, and I tried to write on it yesterday....
Between Politicians and University Students, America Becomes Both Guilty and Victim
The United States has become both the guilty and the victim! It is a nation...
JOHNNY ROBINSON: The Little Red Volkswagen Bug
It was a 1956 model and one of the first Volkswagens in Roanoke, or so the legend goes. It had been acquired by Garland's...
DICK BAYNTON: The Corruption of Disruption
Every citizen taxpayer should be enraged at what is going on behind the scenes today in the torrid world of political and cultural nightmares....
HAYDEN HOLLINGSWORTH: Predicting is Tricky Business
I have assiduously avoided the topic of global warming and climate change. That’s not because of disinterest but due to the lack of clarity...
DICK BAYNTON: Shifting Alliances
When the Japanese Navy bombed and strafed Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941, almost 76 years ago the Empire of Japan became our mortal...
LUCKY GARVIN – The Woman That Time Forgot
Years ago, one of the best dance teams in America was Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. They moved as one across the floor; yet,...
HAYDEN HOLINGSWORTH: Does Respect Matter?
Rodney Dangerfield always opened his comedy act with the comment, “I don’t get no respect.” His riff would continue pointing out the myriad of...