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Thoughts On Our Constitution
Thoughts On Our Constitution
03/06/2024 08:00 AM
Cline, GOP ‘Enabling Fascist Russia To Commit Genocide’
Cline, GOP ‘Enabling Fascist Russia To Commit Genocide’
03/06/2024 08:00 AM
Christian Nationalism ‘Damaging’ To Nation And Church
Christian Nationalism ‘Damaging’ To Nation And Church
03/06/2024 08:00 AM
Tell Cline To Support Ukrainians
Tell Cline To Support Ukrainians
03/06/2024 08:00 AM
GA Airports ‘Invaluable Assets To Communities’
GA Airports ‘Invaluable Assets To Communities’
03/06/2024 08:00 AM
President ‘Failed To Protect And Defend Constitution’
President ‘Failed To Protect And Defend Constitution’
02/28/2024 08:00 AM
Rescue Plan Act Benefits No Thanks To Cline
Rescue Plan Act Benefits No Thanks To Cline
02/28/2024 08:00 AM
‘Selective Memory, Hypocrisy’ On Ukraine Aid Issue
‘Selective Memory, Hypocrisy’ On Ukraine Aid Issue
02/28/2024 08:00 AM
Trump, Republicans ‘Have No Solutions’
Trump, Republicans ‘Have No Solutions’
Feb. 19, 2024 Editor, The News-Gazette: While complaining that the economy is in the Dumpster, why do over 100,000 people pay an average ticket price of over $200 to attend the Daytona 500, $377 to attend an NFL game, and over $1,000 for a Taylor Swift concert ticket (transportation, food and lodging excluded). Store shelves are full, and interstates are loaded with trucks carrying commodities from greedy manufacturers! Stop buying nonessential stuff and prices will come down. Consumers drive the economy, not the president. 02/20/2024 11:00 PM
‘Imperative’ That U.S. Assistance To Ukraine Continues
‘Imperative’ That U.S. Assistance To Ukraine Continues
Feb. 19, 2024 Editor, The News-Gazette: Words cannot begin to describe my exasperation with the House Republican leadership’s current refusal to take up legislation to provide military and humanitarian support to Ukraine in its effort to combat occupation by Russia. Perhaps the death of Alexei Navalny will change this. 02/20/2024 11:00 PM
Ben Cline ‘Betraying’ Ukraine To ‘Please Trump’
Ben Cline ‘Betraying’ Ukraine To ‘Please Trump’
Feb. 19, 2024 Editor, The News-Gazette: In your excellent Feb. 14 editorial, “Ukraine Aid Is Good For America,” you wrote: “Supporting Ukraine now is in our direct national interest, and shouldn’t be a political football. Not voting aid to Ukraine would be a shameful and craven act.” 02/20/2024 11:00 PM
Senate Border Deal ‘Filled’ With ‘Loopholes’
Senate Border Deal ‘Filled’ With ‘Loopholes’
Feb. 19, 2024 Editor, The News-Gazette: Your editorial of Feb. 14 inaccurately states that one political party reversed its position on the “border compromise” recently considered by the Senate. The characterization by the media that Senate Republicans rejected legislation which would control illegal immigration is completely inaccurate. 02/20/2024 11:00 PM
Columnist ‘Critical’ Of ‘Protest Speech’
Columnist ‘Critical’ Of ‘Protest Speech’
Feb. 12, 2024 Editor, The News-Gazette: I found Mike Lowry’s recent piece on free speech to be highly problematic. 02/20/2024 11:00 PM
Rockbridge Farm Bureau Opposes Airport Study
Rockbridge Farm Bureau Opposes Airport Study
02/20/2024 11:00 PM
Newspaper Issue Boils Down To Community, CharacterFeb.
Newspaper Issue Boils Down To Community, CharacterFeb.
17, 2024 Editor, The News-Gazette: I trust readers have been following the publisher’s informative reports on the decline of community newspapers. Matt Paxton mentioned that an average of 2.5 community papers per week shut down during 2023. 02/20/2024 11:00 PM
Dogs On Trail Must Be On Leash
Dogs On Trail Must Be On Leash
Feb. 16, 2024 Editor, The News-Gazette: Dogs on the Chessie Nature Trail must always be on a 6-foot leash for the safety of trail users, other pets, and wildlife. Most dog owners respect this rule, but recently, there have been multiple incidents of unleashed dogs on the trail. Even a dog who is not aggressive can be scary to someone who is afraid of dogs, and an aggressive one can scare all of us. 02/20/2024 11:00 PM
Out Of The Past
Out Of The Past
02/20/2024 11:00 PM
Wednesday
Wednesday
As a part-time employee at The News- Gazet te, I have the privilege of taking Wednesdays off. This was an arrangement that was made back in April 2020 during COVID’s reign of terror. And now Wednesday is my favorite day of the week. 02/20/2024 11:00 PM
Promoting Diversity, Inclusion And Equality
Promoting Diversity, Inclusion And Equality
The Rockbridge NAACP is attempting to convey a welcoming message of inclusivity for people of all backgrounds in the Rockbridge, Lexington and Buena Vista community. Local chapter President the Rev. Reginal A. Early points out that this hopeful message may be seen via a new billboard on Interstate 81 south at mile-marker 202 with the words, “Hand in hand, moving forward together,” accompanied by a picture of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and an American flag. 02/20/2024 11:00 PM
Fascism Has No Place In Our Country
Fascism Has No Place In Our Country
Feb. 10, 2024 Editor, The News-Gazette: The cartoon of Trump “goose stepping” across the cover of The New Yorker magazine was a scary wake up call to the direction Trump and his MAGAts (short for MAGA cult) have been heading. Perhaps many of the MAGAts are too young to understand the horrors of World War II and why we fought. My Dad nearly lost his life from wounds he acquired on the front in France. By the time he recovered, the Allies were halfway across Germany. 02/13/2024 11:00 PM
How Stable Is This Genius?
How Stable Is This Genius?
Feb. 5, 2024 Editor, The News-Gazette: A frog agrees to carry a scorpion across a river, the scorpion assuring him he won’t sting because they would both drown. Being a scorpion, he stings the frog, drowning them both. 02/13/2024 11:00 PM

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