Column: Dare to wish someone a Merry Christmas this year
December 8, 2008
Let's say you're a world traveler. You thrive on the adventure of exploring the unexplored and establishing fellowship with the natives wherever you may land. On one adventure, you are in the Amazon basin and you stumble upon one of those forgotten tribe
Column: Fantasy football provides an escape from reality for fans
November 17, 2008
I don't think it takes a genius to point out that America has an obsession with football. I come from SEC country, where a team that wears orange and co-opts a bluegrass staple as their fight song reigns supreme. While I'm proud of my homeland, I'm also a
Column: To this election season: goodbye and good riddance
November 3, 2008
I come before you as an exhausted, yet relieved and excited, citizen. Why? Because it's over. By the time you read this, I will have already pushed the necessary buttons and voted. Perhaps many of you have as well, or intend to do so later today. Today ma
Column: Ghost hunting leaves questions about the paranormal unanswered
October 20, 2008
I have heard enough mud-slinging, moose-hunting and Joe-the-Plumber talk. I've decided to go in a totally different direction this week. Besides, I've got one more crack at the election, as my next column will print on Nov. 4. As for now, with Halloween a
Support higher education that is affordable for all students
October 6, 2008
Sunday's Roanoke Times featured an article about our presidential candidates and their ideas for college funding.
Column: 'Wasted vote:'Two-party system fails today's voters
September 22, 2008
I have only been eligible to vote for a couple of elections, so my memory of political times past is limited, at best.
Column: 'Go ahead, blame Juno:' Sarah Palin and abortion
September 8, 2008
Oh, the irony! The brand new vice presidential hopeful -- Sen. John McCain's hand-picked understudy who he hopes will restore his Republican street cred with hard-core righties -- is about to be a grandmother to an illegitimate child. Go ahead, blame "Jun
Column: Lowering the drinking age will lessen rebellion
August 24, 2008
College presidents representing several well-respected universities have recently banded together in an attempt to lower the minimum drinking age from 21 to 18. Their claim is that current alcohol age-restriction laws actually encourage clandestine binge
