Category: EDITORS DESK
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Hypocrisy
These are politically trying times for most Americans and I am sure most are reaching our limits on how much more campaigning we can suffer. Our system is so…
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Federal Water Resource Agencies - Waterworld
The 100th meridian bisects North Dakota and Texas and the four states between them. As settlers moved west during the 19th century and crossed this imaginary…
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Policy Is Rarely Leadership - The Public Square
In this election cycle, a lot of things live in the wrong buckets. Running a campaign around ideology or policy is wrong. Assessing leadership is the…
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ISIS and Syria: A Joint U.S.-Russian Assessment
In Syria the government of Bashar al-Assad has managed to survive, with intense international controversy over who should have the unenviable task of governing…
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Middleburg Needs YOU!
In his first column for the Eccentric, one of Middleburg Town Council’s longest serving members, Mark Snyder, makes an eloquent appeal for citizens to both run…
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Traffic, Pain and Gain
The disruptions caused by construction in Middleburg over much of the year ahead will be, in a word or two . . . a pain . . . for local citizens, shoppers,…
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Holidays. Why is this Still a Thing? - BLUE
With apologies to John Oliver, why ARE some of our “national holidays” still “a thing?” In one sense, they aren’t, and never have been. Believe it or not, the…
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National Holy Days - RED
Technically, we don’t have national holidays. We have federal holidays which only federal government entities need recognize. Whatever we call them, however,…
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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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Community
“Many people are good at talking about what they are doing, but in fact do little. Others do a lot but don’t talk about it; they are the ones who make a…
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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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Christmas in Middelburg
At press time the Middleburg Police Department was estimating that an all time record crowd of between 26 and 28 thousand people were present for all or part…
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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…