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Where Is The Real Christmas?
Where Is The Real Christmas?
Dec. 11, 2023 Editor, The News-Gazette: When I think about Christmas my mind goes back to my childhood when Christ was the main feature. Christmas carols and manger scenes were the main attractions we enjoyed so much. 12/19/2023 11:00 PM
Thoughts On Books In Schools, Literacy
Thoughts On Books In Schools, Literacy
Dec. 18, 2023 Editor, The News-Gazette: Weeks of public commentary and controversy about certain books in middle school libraries has brought me to several conclusions about both sides of the debate. 12/19/2023 11:00 PM
Out Of The Past
Out Of The Past
12/19/2023 11:00 PM
‘Tirade’ On Book ‘Banning’ ‘Unhelpful Overreaction’
‘Tirade’ On Book ‘Banning’ ‘Unhelpful Overreaction’
Dec. 6, 2023 Editor, The News-Gazette: In his column, Mr. Rose resorts to the cliché “book banning” to describe the desire of some to not provide certain books to children in public libraries. 12/12/2023 11:00 PM
Glenn Rose ‘Nailed It’ In Column On Book
Glenn Rose ‘Nailed It’ In Column On Book
Dec. 11, 2023 Editor, The News-Gazette: I sat down to write a letter regarding the recent uproar over “Kiss Number Eight.” But just before I began, I read Glen Rose’s column in the Dec. 6 edition of the N-G and realized I had little to add to his excellent observations. He nailed it, and he did so with thoughtful, insightful intelligent writing. Moreover, he read the book. 12/12/2023 11:00 PM
Out Of The Past
Out Of The Past
50 Years Ago 12/12/2023 11:00 PM
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

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