back to top

Columnists

BECKY MAUPIN: A New Season, New Expectations

Motherhood, I'm learning, is a series of seasons. None of them are truly easy; they're all hard in different ways. We make it through one challenging season only to...

BOB BROWN: Aging Poetically, Part II

Jan called today. “Ed died Thursday… he is in a better place.” Ed, a retired...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: The US Media’s Monomaniacal Obsession With Nancy Guthrie’s Kidnapping

I do not mean to downplay the tremendous tragedy of the kidnapping of Savannah Guthrie's...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Barack and Michelle Obama Are Neither Apes Nor Monkeys

I read an article from the BBC on February 6 entitled, "Trump says he 'didn't...

BOB BROWN: Aging Poetically, Part I

Too often, the human race is a race against time. Until recently, I was a...

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...

LUCKY GARVIN: Way On Back In The Day

--.  ---,  …---  -.-. -.-. -.--! Each afternoon, my father-in-law and I watch a movie. He especially likes westerns; they take him back and jog...