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Wokeism

Published on Wed, 03/29/2023 - 12:00am
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Florida Governor, and presidential candidate-in-waiting, Ron De-Santis has declared all-out war on “wokeism.” Last year he declared, “I think what you see now with the rise of this ‘woke’ ideology is an attempt to really delegitimize our history and to delegitimize our institutions.” He added, “I view the wokeness as a form of cultural Marxism.”

‘Caring, Helpful’ Deputies Praised

Published on Wed, 03/29/2023 - 12:00am

‘Caring, Helpful’ Deputies Praised

Reader Explains Set Up For Armageddon

Published on Wed, 03/29/2023 - 12:00am

March 27, 2023 Editor, The News-Gazette: The Bible speaks of a one world government and this has confounded biblical scholars. Three super powers would have to sit down at a round table and two of them would relinquish their power to the third super power.

Music Society ‘Wonderful Gift To City’

Published on Wed, 03/29/2023 - 12:00am

March 26, 2023 Editor, The News-Gazette: Congratulations are due to the Chamber Music Society of Lexington for its premiere performance last Friday evening at Grace Episcopal Church.

Why Public Notices Are Important

Published on Wed, 03/22/2023 - 12:00am
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Editor’s note: Last week, Sunshine Week was marked across the country in the continuing effort to promote open government. This week, we thought we’d share with you a piece from the America’s Newspapers organization, of which The News-Gazette is a member, about an important aspect of maintaining open government.

March Madness

Published on Wed, 03/22/2023 - 12:00am
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In March 2020, we really had no clue what was about to befall us.

OUT OF THE PAST

Published on Wed, 03/22/2023 - 12:00am

50 Years Ago

March 21, 1973

W&L’s Problem With Lee

Published on Wed, 03/22/2023 - 12:00am

March 16, 2023 Editor, The News-Gazette: Washington and Lee University has a problem. Like most problems, it is of its own making.

Clean Up After Your Dogs

Published on Wed, 03/22/2023 - 12:00am

March 17, 2023 Editor, The News-Gazette: We moved to Lexington about eight years ago. We enjoy the small time atmosphere and the people. However, the one thing we don’t like is dog owners who don’t clean up after their pets.

Time Change

Published on Wed, 03/15/2023 - 12:00am
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How well do you adjust to the change from standard time to daylight saving time? We talked around the office Monday mor ning, and, no su r p r i se, there was no consensus on whether to keep daylight time part of the year, go to daylight time year-round, or have standard time yearround. Even the Congress disagreed – the Senate passed a bill last year to have yearround daylight time, but the House never considered the bill.

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