Columnists
MORGAN GRIFFITH: Is Government Research Safe?
It has been roughly four and a half years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and I am determined that Congress needs to be fully informed on U.S....
MIKE KEELER: May 1774: The Empire Strikes Back
On May 13, 1774, a large vessel sailed into Boston Harbor. It wasn't a whaler,...
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...
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...
SAMUEL MOORE-SOBEL: A Play on Vice
George W. Bush apparently asked Dick Cheney to be his running mate while munching on a fried chicken leg.Or that is at least how...
DICK BAYNTON: Government 101: Theory & Practice
In representative government, voters elect officials who in turn hire workers to carry out the policies of those who have been elected. That is...
JOY SYLVESTER-JOHNSON: Highway Robbery of The Self
I was robbed.It all started at church yesterday.Leaving the Wednesday morning Eucharist 7:30 am service held at St John Episcopal Church, I witnessed a...
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...