back to top

Columnists

BOB BROWN: Loss of the Sense of the Sacred

During World War II, men went to war and women went to work. But where did the children go? Who assumed the mothering responsibility of the unavailable mothers? Who...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Russia’s Inhumanity To Russians – Part II

The West should economically ostracize and defeat the tyrannical Putin, like the gangster whom he...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Russia’s Inhumanity To Russians – Part I

The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, located in modern Belarus, formally ended Bolshevik Russia's participation in World War...

JOHNNY ROBINSON: The Changing of the Tires

The car I drive now doesn’t even have a spare tire. Can you believe that?...

FRED FIRST: Facing Forward. Facing Back.

Maybe it’s okay that I can’t go back twenty Januarys past, or ten as a...

MIKE KEELER: Bottled Water – What Are We Thinking??

It's poetic that the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day took place while Earth was completely shut down. Suddenly, with minimal industry going on, we're...

JOY SYLVESTER-JOHNSON: A Visceral Prayer

I had forgotten that one of the best gifts you can give yourself is a good, red eyed, sniffling nose, breath catching, shoulder shaking...

SCOTT DREYER: Governor Continues To Name Winners and Losers

By their fruits you will know them (....)  -- Matthew 7:16a The Roanoke Times did us a service, I believe, with its May 5 editorial:...

JAMES FINCK: Historically Speaking – Marxists vs. Fascists

Happy Memorial Day. Here is my latest Historically Speaking. With some of the name calling going around I am looking at the difference between...

LEE H. HAMILTON: Exceptional? Only If We Get To Work

Like most Americans, I have always considered the United States an exceptional country.  We possess a political system built on checks and balances, an...

RACHEL BURKS: Gardening for Health and Your Wallet

When money is tight, vegetable gardening is one solution that can benefit your wallet AND your health!  Although gardening can be quite expensive if...