Over the past few months we have seen the confidential user information of Facebook, Twitter, Target, hotel chains, even the government itself hacked and used by “bad actors” to steal, defraud and extort. Let’s hope [Read More…]
I have one life and one chance to make it count for something…. My faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I am, whenever I can, for as long as I can with whatever [Read More…]
From early childhood I have always looked forward to the arrival of spring—the budding of flowering forsythia, soon followed by the tender crocus plants, breaking through the warm soil after a long winter’s nap; the [Read More…]
May 2017 marked the 65th year of Bon Secours Mary Immaculate Hospital (MIH) serving our community. Established in 1952, Mary Immaculate was the first hospital in Newport News and has retained its commitment to providing [Read More…]
On the television show, Once Upon a Time, a program inspired by Disney characters, Belle, of Beauty and the Beast, proclaims words of wisdom when she says, “Sometimes, the best book has the dustiest jacket. [Read More…]
I first saw him one winter afternoon in my garage. He was sitting on the brick ledge adjacent to the back door, gingerly nibbling on a sunflower seed, one of several I had spilled while [Read More…]
As an educator, I hear some interesting things in the classroom—some of them inspired, some of them uninformed, and some of them utterly ridiculous—but, all of them entertaining. I was talking with my students about [Read More…]
As a young Boy Scout I loved my subscription to Boy’s Life magazine. Here, I would read the adventures of scouts from across the nation as they climbed mountain trails, canoed down wilderness streams and [Read More…]
Human trafficking is an increasing concern in the United States, deserving the attention of every citizen. In 2016, Virginia ranked in the top third of human trafficking of all 50 states and the District of [Read More…]
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