by Ron Crawford | Aug 30, 2011 | Opinion
What do you do when the swamp is on fire? The Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in the southeasternmost part of Virginia is on fire. For many of us this probably sounds counterintuitive. When water levels drop in swamps, the humid decomposing material in...
by Ron Crawford | Jul 5, 2011 | Opinion
Charitable giving to religious organizations was flat in 2010, equaling the amount given the previous year. By contrast, charitable giving to all causes was up 3.8 percent as reported by Giving USA Foundation. “If (all charitable) giving continues to grow at...
by Ron Crawford | May 30, 2011 | Opinion
Harold Camping, the California preacher who predicted the world would begin coming to an end May 21, 2011, has offered a five-month reprieve. Now, the world will come to an end Oct. 21, 2011. Camping’s original prediction fell flat; he predicted earthquakes for...
by Ron Crawford | May 20, 2011 | Opinion
Who doesn’t like Stephen Hawking? For 49 years he has “lived with the prospect of an early death” from Lou Gehrig’s disease, yet he has fought the disease with remarkable courage. His “A Brief History of Time” has sold 9 million...
by Ron Crawford | Apr 4, 2011 | Opinion
“What is truth?” Pilate did not seem to know. Jesus did. I have been thinking a lot about truth these last few weeks. Reading quotes on websites and in newspapers and listening to people suggest the “sky is falling” have caused me to think...
