Category: EDITORIAL COLUMNISTS
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How to Run? How to Serve? - Ask a Council Member
H ello Middleburg! I am starting what will become a regular column in this space to: 1. address reader’s questions; 2. get more people involved; and 3. address…
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Hypocrisy February 2016
There are many differences between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders one of the largest being her close ties to Wall Street and acceptance of campaign…
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The Power of Our Citizenship - The Public Square
America is at a , and not just politically. If our system at the top abuses power today, lies to the nation at will, falsifies numbers like employment, has no…
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Who Knew? - Blue
In what is probably the most interesting and, from a GOP perspective, one of the most damaging campaigns since young Barry Goldwater hedged on civil rights and…
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An Early Look at the Crazy 2016 Election - RED
Well, the silly season is thoroughly upon us and, though hard to believe, it’s even sillier than usual. The leading Republican is P.T. Barnum; the leading…
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Hypocrisy
I am writing this from San Cristobal (sorry about “your snow”) The significance writing from here is the Zapatista movement. It began here in San Cristobal and…
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The Public Square and the New Year - The Public Square
January is a time for new beginnings and transitions. Named for the Roman god Janus - the Latin word for door, we hope for better days to come. New Year’s is…
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The Refugee “Crisis” - Blue
So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself—nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes…
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It’s an Invasion - RED
OK, let’s stipulate right up front that not all Muslims are terrorists. No serious person has suggested that anyway, but the accusation that Americans,…
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Hypocrisy
Once again, as pointed out in the book, “The Shock Doctrine,” governments and companies are capitalizing on disastrous events. Immediately after the Paris…
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Christmas in 2015 - The Public Square
Christmas is a Season when the self encounters itself. There is a solitary quality about Christmas, as well as one of great merriment spent in joy with family…
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being an Undergraduate in America These Days - RED
The “Show Me” state has shown us how stupid campus political correctness has become. But Missouri University is just one among many. Yale and other hotbeds of…
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Missouri Breaks - Blue
Six months ago the The University of Missouri in Columbia was no doubt best known for its world class School of Journalism (arguably the first school of its…
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Hypocrisy - November 2015
Medecin sans Frontier (Doctors without Borders) is a remarkable organization of medical professionals who set up hospitals in remote and very often dangerous…
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A Thanksgiving Perspective on Leadership
The Public Square holds there is a great need for the return of virtue as the defining quality in public service - and leading well. In one year, we will…
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Columbus Day - Why is This Still a Thing? - BLUE
There has been no lack of criticism of our ongoing celebration of Columbus Day as a Federal Holiday since it became one . . . during happy end times of the…
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Celebrating Columbus - RED
Early on the morning of October 12, 1492, Juan Rodriguez Bermejo, a lookout aboard the caravel “Pinta,” saw a dark shape on the western horizon and shouted,…
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Hypocrisy - October 2015
It was so refreshing to watch the Democratic debate on Tuesday night and to compare and look back at the Republican’s. The Democrats, all of them spoke of…
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The Present Character of the American Government
The present character of the American government today is the leading issue of our time. Our Founders had an astute view of human nature and of power. They saw…
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Who Should Go on the $10 Bill?
O n a lighter note, the candidates in the latest Republican Presidential Debate were asked, “What woman would you like to see on the $10 bill?” as the Treasury…