Archive: 2018
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Fake Science vs. Biased Science
With all the "discussion" lately about "fake news", I've been thinking about how the word fake relates to scientific publication, and even scientific research.…
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Deep Seabed Mining
Deep Seabed mining, are you kidding? Mining at 10,000 or 20,000 feet below the ocean surface? Is it even possible? The short answer is yes and it's likely to ha…
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Community Unites to Find Stolen Dogs
At the October regular monthly meeting of Middleburg Town Council Police Chief A. J. Panebianco reported that two dogs stolen from a vehicle parked in Middlebur…
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Chris Bernard - Town Council Priorities
As one of the residents extremely interested to serve in that role and has brought some great stability and institutional knowledge with her, and we should all…
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Calling all kids: you're invited to "Halloween Songs & Stories"
Middleburg's Emmanuel Episcopal Church presents the latest in their At The Parish House performance series. "Halloween Songs & Stories" is the perfect warmup fo…
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Art in the Burg
Art in the Burg
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Amit Peled in Concert: To Brahms with Love From the Cello of Pablo Casals
On Sunday, October 14, 2018, the Grace Church Concert Series in The Plains, VA features Amit Peled in Concert: To Brahms with Love From the Cello of Pablo Casal…
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A Froggy Summer
When the rains arrived in spring, a bright yellow contractor's wheelbarrow filled up and over flowed as it sat in the yard. Within two weeks there were tadpoles…
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21st Annual Conference on the Art of Command in the Civil War: Battle of Antietam
The Battle of Antietam was the bloodiest single-day battle in American history. On September 17, 1862, over 23,000 Americans fell killed or wounded in the battl…
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1978 was a big year in Music
The Last Waltz is Forty. Nineteen seventy-eight was an extraordinary year for music. Many bands of that era were at their peak, and some remarkable music came o…
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Middleburg Town Council Report - August 2018
From Health Center to Brewery At its regular monthly meeting on August 23, 2018, Town Council passed, without dissent, a resolution authorizing “the sale or…
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Middleburg Eccentric August 2018, Volume 15 Issue 5
THIS MONTH IN THE ECCENTRIC: Old Ox Brewery on tap in Middleburg, Dixie Rhythm Returning, J ustin Haefner — Foundational Horsemanship, New Kitchen and Bath…
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Twilight Polo
Twilight Polo
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The Campfire at the Camp Tadma Waterfront
Everyone loves a campfire, especially if you are at Camp, sitting around the firing with friends. I was lucky enough to work at Camp Tadma in Connecticut for a…
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The Backlash to Progressivism
The topic suggested for this month was: "Whether the current political environment is a backlash to the "victory" of progressivism symbolized by the election of…
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The American Public Square - Tether and Balloon
In deciding to write The Public Square, we did not know where it would lead. But it has been a privilege to do so for three years. Fortunately, our columns have…
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The "We Hear You" Movement
You may not think that we dogs know what is happening in the world, but we do. Not bragging, but we understand life's complexities even better than you humans d…
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Super Powers
If you could have a super power what would it be? Just like when people buy lottery tickets and dream about what they would do with the winnings, I think people…
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Sarah Huntington Opens Photo Studio in Middleburg
The photographer voted "Loudoun's Favorite Photographer" for more than 10 years in a newspaper readers poll, is opening a studio in Middleburg. Sarah Huntington…
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Progressives (And Why the Trump "Base" Hates Them)
There are almost as many definitions of the term "progressive" as there are letters in the word. As one writer for the BBC put it, "A progressive is someone who…