by Jeff Maisey | Apr 13, 2020 | News, News & Views, Robotham
By Tom Robotham On March 6, I was scheduled to depart for Rome in the company of Jeff Maisey, the publisher of this magazine, and another friend. It was the beginning of my spring break, and I’d been looking forward not only to connecting with history, but also to...
by Jeff Maisey | Mar 22, 2020 | News, News & Views, Robotham
By Tom Robotham Much of the discussion about socialism…is entirely pointless, because of the failure to agree on terminology. ~ Theodore Roosevelt. In today’s political arena, no word is bandied about more carelessly than “socialism.” Diehard supporters...
by Jeff Maisey | Feb 23, 2020 | News, News & Views, Robotham
By Tom Robotham Recently I had the opportunity to moderate a panel discussion on the state of journalism. The event was timely. That very day, news had broken that The Virginian-Pilot building had been sold to a condo developer, and that longtime PBS news...
by Jeff Maisey | Jan 24, 2020 | News, News & Views, Robotham
By Tom Robotham When you hear the name Nashville, what comes to mind? It’s safe to say that “country music” would be a common response. How about New York? Broadway, perhaps, or Wall Street. Likewise, mention Los Angeles, and most people will think,...
by Jeff Maisey | Dec 18, 2019 | News, News & Views, Robotham
By Tom Robotham If I had to choose one event of 2019 that symbolizes the year now winding down it would be the near-collapse of Notre Dame after a fire broke out in the cathedral last April. For me, and for millions of other people, it was a heartbreaking...
by Jeff Maisey | Nov 26, 2019 | News, News & Views, Robotham
By Tom Robotham Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul. – John Muir Thirty years ago, when I began contemplating the idea of moving from New York City to Norfolk, I made...
