by Jeff Maisey | Sep 20, 2016 | News & Views, Robotham
By Tom Robotham On September 3, The New York Times published an article about renewed efforts in China to instill patriotism into the hearts and minds of its school children. “Sparkling red stars and bloody tales of military sacrifice accompanied 200 million...
by Jeff Maisey | Sep 9, 2016 | News, News & Views
By Jeff Maisey On September 10, O’Connor Brewing Company will host a fundraising event for the Chas Foundation. The independent non-profit group raises awareness about mental illness. The topic remains taboo, even as it is cited as a condition many mass shooters...
by Jeff Maisey | Sep 2, 2016 | Horton, News & Views
By John Horton At times I see so much hate, racism, anger and fear among our citizenry. For example, Steve Bannon, former head of Breitbart News, is now CEO of Trump’s presidential campaign. Bannon and associates are avid supporters of “Alt-Right” (a segment...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 15, 2016 | News, News & Views
By Tom Robotham Tim Seibles is nationally acclaimed poet and a professor of creative writing and literature at Old Dominion University. Over the years he has won many accolades, notably in 2012, when he was a finalist for the National Book Award. This year he was...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 13, 2016 | Art, Art News, News, News & Views
By Betsy DiJulio In January, Lloyd DeWitt, Ph.D., was named chief curator of European Art at the Chrysler Museum of Art. Hailing from a post as curator of European Art at the Gallery of Ontario, Toronto’s leading art museum, DeWitt is recognized as a 17th century...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 13, 2016 | News & Views, Robotham
By Tom Robotham On July 25, as the Democratic National Convention was getting underway, news broke that an armed man in the Larchmont section of Norfolk had barricaded himself inside his house after police came to question him on suspicion of vandalism. In a display...
