Archive: 2012
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Middleburg Eccentric December 2012, Volume 9 Issue 9
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Words
Words, as civil rights activist and Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel often noted, create worlds. Whether he was paraphrasing Genesis or John or both or neither he w…
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Whither The GOP?
Recent election results should cause the Republican Party to examine its strategy. Pre-election, Republicans seemed to have everything going for them: * Widespr…
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What is a Liberal?
Roughly one in five Americans define themselves as "liberals" with about one in twenty claiming to be "very liberal." Most, if not all of us, define ourselves i…
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What is a Conservative?
"A conservative may be defined," said Russell Kirk, "as a person who thinks himself such." This may not seem very helpful but it is true because conservatism, u…
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Thomas Lovejoy to speak January 28th
Without hunter-naturalists, gamekeepers, artists and naturalists, modern conservation would not have evolved to be a hallmark of social ethics today. The fascin…
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The Washington Streetscape
Town Administrator Martha Semmes formally kicked off the long-awaited improvement project for Middleburg's award-winning main street at a meeting that took plac…
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The Blackburn Murder: A Violent Scuffle
Just before 6:15 PM On Sunday night, January 15, 1854, the sun had already set in Lexington,Virginia. The moon had not yet risen, and it was very dark. Accordin…
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Test Drive: Tesla Model S
Three years ago August, I was one of the first people in the state of Virginia lucky enough to test drive a Tesla Roadster, the first production vehicle sold by…
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Seven Loaves, Working to Feed the Hungry
When Governor Robert F. McDonnell officially declared September "Hunger Awareness Month" in the Commonwealth, he acknowledged that more than 1,012,500 people in…
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Sackler Gallery 25th Anniversary Celebrants Visit NSLM
As notable dignitaries, art lovers and philanthropists gathered recently to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Smithsonian's Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, some…
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Reinvent Your Resolutions
New Year's Resolutions represent a fresh start, a clean slate. But a 2007 study involving 3,000 people who make resolutions found that 88% fail (per Wikipedia.c…
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Piedmont Fox Hounds Thanksgiving Meet
Piedmont Fox Hounds Thanksgiving Meet
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Orange County Hounds Team Chase Results
Hurricane Sandy delayed the Orange County Hounds annual Team Chase event, originally scheduled for October 30th. Despite a busy hunt season it took place Sunday…
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Old Whitewood Farm for the Holidays - For Windy Hill-The Plains
Old Whitewood Farm for the Holidays - For Windy Hill-The Plains
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New Auction Company in Western Loudoun
Auctions on Main, a live auction company in downtown Purcellville, is now accepting consignments for their Grand Opening auction. Savvy buyers and motivated sel…
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Middleburg Wellhead Protection Committee
Previously, this column has discussed a wide range of water issues, but for this month, let's look in our own back yard. How many of you knew before you saw the…
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I'm Doing Okay Right Now
Are you overwhelmed? Do you feel that your to do list is twice as long in December? It seems December causes a lot of stress for a lot of people. With the halls…
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Holly Jolly Berries
Most gardeners hate short days and long nights. The season we call winter is hardly a season at all, at least not one we like. Call it the "let's appreciate bro…
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Holiday Ball - Middleburg Community Center
Holiday Ball - Middleburg Community Center