back to top

Columnists

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 composed of a story. A true and eternal story. Of true “Joy to the...

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...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Mr. President, Just Shut The H*ll Up

Nick Reiner, 32, the cocaine addicted and schizophrenic son of famed Hollywood sitcom actor, prolific...

BOB BROWN: “A Multitude of the Heavenly Host”

For many years, the Hon. B. Waugh Crigler, a former federal magistrate, taught the Men’s...

FRED FIRST: Not In Lake Wobegon Any More . . .

My first two paragraphs here originally was a snarky rant. It has been taken down and I feel better now. I saved it to...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: An Open Letter To State Senator Christopher T. Head

Two days ago, Governor Youngkin ordered that all U.S. flags and Commonwealth of Virginia flags "on all local, state, and federal buildings and grounds"...

SERWAN ZANGANA: It Is The Same Journey For All of Us But We Walk It Differently

Sometimes, we don’t understand the wisdom of our fathers and the knowledge that they obtained throughout their journeys in life. The selfishness of human...

RANDY HUFF: On Subtlety, Eternity, and Wasted Time

The great and gifted writer, Malcolm Muggeridge, when asked why he didn't go hear Billy Graham, said: “I need subtlety.” Muggeridge, a life-time English...

MELINDA MYERS: Fall Planting Provides Months of Continuous Spring Color

Welcome spring and create continuous color for several months with a collection of spring-flowering bulbs.  After planting in the fall, you’ll enjoy an array...

MIKE KEELER: September 1774 – The Meeting Place

Here are some things you should know about Carpenters’ Hall. It was designed by a Scotsman. Robert Smith was born in Midlothian in 1722 to...