OPINION: Rushing to Judgment

OPINION: Rushing to Judgment

by | Nov 29, 2021 | News, News & Views, Robotham

      By Tom Robotham As the holidays approach, I find myself thinking about my all-time favorite movie for the season—Holiday Inn (1942), starring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire, which I’ve loved for nearly 50 years. The movie’s biggest claim to fame is that it...
Holiday Happenings in the 757

Holiday Happenings in the 757

by | Nov 15, 2021 | News, News & Views

(Get out and enjoy the spectacular Million Bulb Walk at Norfolk Botanical Garden through January 2. ) HOLIDAY LIGHTS & PARADES Million Bulb Walk Norfolk Botanical Garden November 12 through January 2 5-9:30 PM Nightly NBGlights.org  Get out and enjoy the...
The Beauty of Baseball

The Beauty of Baseball

by | Oct 15, 2021 | News, News & Views, Robotham

(THREE GENERATIONS OF FANS: My father’s boyhood baseball glove from the 1930s, holding a ball signed by my son’s Little League team, which I coached. Photo by Tom Robotham) By Tom Robotham  The one constant through all the years has been baseball. ~...
OPINION: Rushing to Judgment

Legacies of 9/11

by | Sep 8, 2021 | News, News & Views, Robotham

  By Tom Robotham  On the evening of September 10, 2001, I was watching Band of Brothers with my then-8-year-old son. At one point, he asked me if I’d ever been to war. “No,” I told him. “I was lucky. I missed the Vietnam-War draft by just a couple of years. I...