Category: EDITORIAL COLUMNISTS
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EDITORIAL: Nullify the Electoral College - Blue
Five American Presidents have moved into the White House despite their losing the popular vote. Three of them were, or in the case of Donald Trump, promise to…
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EDITORIAL: AT Least Excellent - RED
Democrats are highly upset about the recent presidential election and are frantically howling about the unfairness of the venerable and much-abused Electoral…
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EDITORIAL: Distressing Time to Be an American Scientist - A Scientist’s Perspective
The new administration has just announced a move that I find very disturbing as a scientist, and as an American citizen. The headline reads, “Trump team wants…
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EDITORIAL: Ask a Council Member
Hello Middleburg! Last month this column discussed my experience and expectations with local shops (Buy Local!). I rued changes at Wiley Wagg, recently…
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EDITORIAL: Citizenship - and the Spirit of the Land - The Public Square
When The Public Square began 18 months ago, we did not know where it would lead. But we have seen how the spirit of our land has a great deal to do with the…
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EDITORIAL: De-extinction – Part2 - Waterworld
Since its inception, this column has been about water but last month, for the first time, I addressed a subject that was not water related. I’ve been…
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EDITORIAL: Reconciliation: Fourteen Points
“You salute the rank, not the man.” Maj. Richard Winters to Capt. Herbert Sobel Dialogue from the TV series “Band of Brothers” Exit polls indicate that only 37…
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EDITORIAL: DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN
Like many people, your humble correspondent was surprised by the election results. Relieved, if not exactly happy, but very surprised. Congressional…
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EDITORIAL: Going to Mars, really?
The November issue of National Geographic has an extensive article about our plans to send people to Mars. Elon Musk with his rather successful Space X plans…
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EDITORIAL: Ask a Council Member
Hello Middleburg! I need your questions about our local Middleburg government – PLEASE send a message to letters@wp13.temp.domains with Ask: in the subject and…
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EDITORIAL: Citizenship - “He Not Busy Being Born is Busy Dying”
We are near a time of national Thanksgiving, and one of our greatest blessings is our unique status as the freest nation on earth. There is little in the…
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Editorial: Undecided? - Blue
If you intend to cast a vote for the next President of the United States and are still “undecided” about which candidates you’ll vote for on November 8, I…
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Editorial: The Train Wreck - RED
I can’t remember ever being so pessimistic about America’s future. This train wreck election is finally upon us though how effective American democracy will be…
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Editorial: The Upcoming Election A - Scientist’s Perspective
You might ask, quite reasonably, what valid insight would a scientist, especially an astrophysicist, have with respect to politics? The simple answer to that…
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Editorial: Ask a Council Member
Hello Middleburg! I need to know what questions you have about our local Middleburg government – PLEASE let me know what you want me to discuss in future…
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Editorial: Citizenship “The Freer Step, The Fuller Breath” - The Public Square
The Public Square foresees a model of citizenship ahead that is truly aspirational. It would be less a box into which we fit than a platform through which we…
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Editorial: Groundwater: Middleburg’s Hidden Resource - Waterworld
Groundwater is invisible to us. The expression “Out of sight, out of mind” is sometimes used when a friend or loved one is away. But according to an article in…
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Editorial: States’ Rights - Blue
It is with no little irony that, in the years following the Party of Lincoln’s absorption of the followers and disciples of Strom Thurmond, George Wallace, and…
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Editorial: STATES RIGHTS - RED
Progressives are stuck in the past. Delightfully ironic, isn’t it? States rights once were used to justify secession and segregation, so progressives think the…
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Editorial: Exciting Sky Map Images of Space Can Now Be Seen - A Scientist’s Perspective
New and rather exciting images from a recent European Space Agency (ESA) can now be seen at there website . They show a composite picture of our galaxy, the…