Columnists
SERWAN ZANGANA: Is There Any Hope For Roanoke City Council?
Roanoke City Council members returned to their old political game in the Municipal building. Perhaps, the pain from the hit which was the first Republican Council member since 2000,...
SCOT BELLAVIA: Told Ya So
“I hate to be the one to tell you ‘I told you so,’ but...”“No, you...
MELINDA MYERS: Be A Weather Watching Gardener
Each gardening season seems to offer new growing challenges. Our gardens are exposed to more...
BOB BROWN: Suspension of Critical Judgment
The Sheriff of a nearby county, before DNA identification was available, urgently requested the assistance...
SCOTT DREYER: A Trump Supporter Explains Her Reasonings
Below are comments from a friend who wishes to remain anonymous, for employment reasons, on...
“We Have Met the Enemy and They Is Us”
by Hayden Hollingsworth
Walt Kelly, on the first Earth Day in 1971, paraphrased Commander Oliver Perry’s message to General William Henry Harrison after the...
Two Pets – Two Perspectives . . .
by Lucky Garvin
He has no sense of being less than any other. He is tolerant and urbane; and though we have many animals...
Change Comes Fast To Religion Reporting
by Frances Stebbins
A few weeks ago columnist Hayden Hollingsworth reflected on how medical education has changed since he was trained as a cardiologist years...
Recipe of the Week: Grilled Chipotle Orange Chicken Legs
by Leigh Sackett
There is still plenty of summer weather left for grilling but the signs of the season’s end are all around us....
Time Rolls On . . . And Goodness Comes
by Joe Kennedy
Four years ago, I prepared for my imminent retirement by doing what I'd always done: I panicked.
My financial advisor assured me...
The Grand Old Men Of Medicine
by Lucky Garvin
I attended a medical conference a while back, and was agreeably surprised to hear a younger physician speak of ‘bedside manner,’ and...