back to top

Columnists

BOB BROWN: Decoding the New “Structure of Feeling”

This is the time to marshal up hope for the New Year. Hope is wanting something to happen or be true, with a reasonable expectation that it will, but...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: The Heroism Of Ahmed Al-Ahmed At Bondi Beach In Sydney, Australia

Not all Muslims are bad people. In fact, most Muslims are good and decent people....

DAWN CUSTALOW: THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD

For all who wait For all who hunger For all who’ve prayed For all who wonder Behold... Christmas is...

SCOTT DREYER: Christmas Through the Eyes of a Child

As adults, it is important to think of what messages we are giving the children...

FRED FIRST: Birds of a Feather

We were invited to join some geologist-birder friends for an outing last week that would...

High School Reunion, Wade Hampton High School, Greenville, SC

This past weekend, I went back for the 50th reunion of my High School class in South Carolina.  I traveled down I-85, the same...

What About the Lake?

For those with a long memory, there was a time when the Roanoke River was an open sewer. The refuse from a tannery in...

Heading for Minority Rule?

Federal government is not very good at many things. Legislation, for example is the result of endless debate, arguments, real and false publicity, opaque...

It’s The Trip That Counts

Several weeks ago I wrote a column about aging.  The gist of it was, barring unexpected death, growing old and infirm is inevitable so...

World War is Unconscionable

In 1949, the Department of War and the Department of Navy were consolidated under a new name, The Department of Defense. The Secretary of...

Arresting and Ephemeral

Arresting and ephemeral. These two lovely adjectives seem common in the botanicals when naturalists describe Virginia Bluebells, one of my favorite native wildflowers in...