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Remembering Sandra Day O’Connor
Remembering Sandra Day O’Connor
When Sandra Day O’Connor served on the U.S. Supreme Court from 1981 to 2005, moderates held sway on the divisive issues of the day, with O’Connor providing the decisive vote on numerous 5-4 decisions, prompting many to label it the “O’Connor court,” even though she never held the role of chief justice. She was seen by many at the time as “the most powerful woman in the world.” Her vote was decisive on a multitude of critical issues, from abortion to affirmative action to the separation of church and state. 12/12/2023 11:00 PM
Cline Vote Against Expulsion Criticized
Cline Vote Against Expulsion Criticized
Cline Vote Against Expulsion Criticized 12/05/2023 11:00 PM
Out Of The Past
Out Of The Past
12/05/2023 11:00 PM
‘Kiss Number 8’
‘Kiss Number 8’
Hearing the controversy over this book I decided to learn what all the hubbub was about. 12/05/2023 11:00 PM
Postal Service Should Have Embraced Email
Postal Service Should Have Embraced Email
Nov. 27, 2023 Editor, The News-Gazette: Mr. Paxton, a response to your good column “Is the USPS Shooting Itself In The Foot?”: If our beloved USPS had been allowed to be a part of the email revolution, all those figures Mr. Paxton gave would be so different today. 11/28/2023 11:00 PM
Christmas Poll Question Brings Back Memory
Christmas Poll Question Brings Back Memory
Nov. 27, 2023 Editor, The News-Gazette: I am a mail subscriber to your paper and was driven to respond to your “What Do You Think?” online poll topic about the preferred timing for one’s home Christmas decorating. 11/28/2023 11:00 PM
Out Of The Past
Out Of The Past
50 Years Ago 11/28/2023 11:00 PM
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 60 Years Later
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 60 Years Later
Editor’s note: The assassination of President John F. Kennedy on Nov. 22, 1963, made front page news everywhere in the United States, including Lexington. A story in the following week’s issue of The News-Gazette described the various memorial services held at local churches, the gun salutes fired at Virginia Military Institute and the flags displayed at half-staff throughout Lexington. The story noted that Kennedy had recently accepted an invitation to attend the dedication of the George C. Marshall Research Library that was to be held the following May. An editorial in tribute to Kennedy was also published that week, and we reprint that editorial here, 60 years later. 11/28/2023 11:00 PM
Thanksgiving And A Day 60 Years Ago
Thanksgiving And A Day 60 Years Ago
Nov. 17, 2023 Editor, The News-Gazette: Tomorrow is a day that requires no explanation. Whether you are 6 or 60 you grasp the meaning of giving thanks to a higher power or simply for a higher thought. None of us can fully count for all our many blessings. That’s why there’s Thanksgiving. It puts them all together on an American holiday that says as much about our country as the Fourth of July. The only difference I see is we replace fireworks with prayer. That’s not a bad difference. 11/21/2023 11:00 PM
Remember The Library This Tuesday
Remember The Library This Tuesday
Remember The Library This Tuesday 11/21/2023 11:00 PM
Out Of The Past
Out Of The Past
11/21/2023 11:00 PM
Being Thankful
Being Thankful
Can we declare a truce on Thanksgiving Day? There’s a great big divide in America today, making it difficult for many of us to behave civilly toward each other. The simplest of conversations or observations can turn into full-blown arguments in which neither side wants to yield an inch. 11/21/2023 11:00 PM
Is USPS Shooting Itself In The Foot?
Is USPS Shooting Itself In The Foot?
A week ago, the U.S. Postal Service announced that it had lost $6.5 billion in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30. At the same time, mail volume declined sign i f i c a nt ly, and at a faster rate than in previous years. 11/21/2023 11:00 PM
Lexington’s Election Process ‘Flawless’
Lexington’s Election Process ‘Flawless’
Nov. 10, 2023 Editor, The News-Gazette: I served as the local Republican Party’s official observer (“poll watcher”) at the Lexington precinct for the eight-hour morning shift this past Election Day. In this time of often-credible evidence of electoral malfeasance, I am pleased to report that I neither witnessed nor had reason to suspect the least lapse in ethical conduct on the part of any election officers on duty that day. 11/14/2023 11:00 PM
Choice? What and Whose Choice?
Choice? What and Whose Choice?
The “choice” term is not new to politics. During the Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858, the two were running for the Senate and both agreed the existence of slavery in existing states was a done deal but they debated the question of free or slave state for Kansas, Nebraska and future western territories. 11/14/2023 11:00 PM
Out Of The Past
Out Of The Past
50 Years Ago 11/14/2023 11:00 PM
A Call For Bipartisanship
A Call For Bipartisanship
Republican incumbents in last week’s elections claimed the three reconfigured districts in the General Assembly that encompass all or parts of the Rockbridge area. Republicans were also victorious in all state Senate races for districts west of the Blue Ridge. 11/14/2023 11:00 PM
‘Commit To Candidates Of Law And Decency’
‘Commit To Candidates Of Law And Decency’
Oct. 16, 2023 Editor, The News-Gazette: “Losers” and “Suckers,” those are what Americans who fought and died for this country are — in the words of Donald Trump. Early reports of his contempt for those who served have now been thoroughly verified, including by Trump’s former chief of staff, retired Marine Gen. John Kelly. 11/07/2023 11:00 PM
‘Jesus’ Return Is Rapidly Approaching’
‘Jesus’ Return Is Rapidly Approaching’
Nov. 1, 2023 Editor, The News-Gazette: Jesus’ return is rapidly approaching as the Bible prophesizes. Evidence is the USA’s decline as a super power in prestige, military and economic strength, and morals, life, liberty, freedom of speech and sanctity of life. Most important, is the lost belief in God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit; the Three In One! Second, is growth as children of God who created everyone and those to come before Jesus arrives and brings people He has saved to Heaven! The rest who are alive and remain will die and the Devil will have no one to tempt for a 1,000 years. 11/07/2023 11:00 PM
Locks Missing On Some Doors At W&L Law
Locks Missing On Some Doors At W&L Law
Nov. 1, 2023 Editor, The News-Gazette: I’m sitting in the law school parking lot as my friends wait for the all-clear. Group messages are pinging around with rumor shreds and a healthy mix of gallows humor to keep spirits up as they sit with heads held low in their unlit classrooms. 11/07/2023 11:00 PM
Women Should Go On Strike Until ‘Dangers Eliminated’
Women Should Go On Strike Until ‘Dangers Eliminated’
Nov. 6, 2023 Editor, The News-Gazette: No one would buy a house insulated with asbestos, drink contaminated water or drive an unsafe car. They would strike until those dangers were eliminated. 11/07/2023 11:00 PM

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