Category: EDITORS DESK
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Kevin Hazard - Middleburg Town Council Candidate Letter
Hi, I’m Kevin Hazard and I’m running for my third term on the Middleburg Town Council. I have also served on the Town’s Planning Commission for over 10 years.…
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EDITORIAL: Physical Science-Social Science - A Scientist’s Perspective
My background and research have been in the field of Astrophysics. Last month I attended a meeting of the American Astronomical Society in DC. While attending…
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EDITORIAL: Time of Travel - Waterworld
The early 1960’s were a time of increasing environmental awareness. Pollution of the nation’s rivers and streams was a significant concern. One of the many…
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EDITORIAL: Presidential Counsel for the Times? - The Public Square
Many years ago when the very intellectual Adlai Stevenson ran for President, a fan said he “would have every thinking vote.” But, Stevenson ruefully replied,…
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EDITORIAL: Exonerated? Tick. Tock. Blue
On Friday, February 16, the Justice Department announced that evidence presented by Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller’s team had led to the indictment of…
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EDITORIAL: Letters from The Plains
In the fall of 1921 Oxford University established an honors degree course in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, (PPE), to educate and train a post World War…
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The Russians and the Election - RED
Friends with opposing views have asked me to give the conservative perspective of on-going developments in the investigation of Russian meddling in the last…
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EDITORAL: Ask a Council Member
Hello Middleburg! I am pleased to remind readers that I filed for mayor. Town elections are May 1, 2017. I am again appealing to readers to file for the May 1…
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EDITORAL: Letters - Bridge Littleton
My name is Bridge Littleton and I am running to succeed Betsy Davis as our next Mayor. One of the greatest qualities that Betsy has brought to our Town and the…
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EDITORIAL: Letters - Darlene Kirk
Hello fellow Middleburg Citizens, my name is Darlene Kirk and I am running to continue to serve Middleburg as a member of the Town Council. I have lived in…
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EDITORIAL: Letter from the Plains
Heroin, Opioid, and Narcan are not words in common usage by Eccentric readers, so why should you be interested, indeed concerned? We have a heroine-opioid…
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EDITORIAL: Filing for Mayor - Ask a Council Member
Happy New Year Middleburg! I am pleased to announce here that I formally filed for mayor with the registrar’s office in Leesburg. Town elections are May 1,…
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EDITORIAL: The New Year - and “Preparations of the Heart” - The Public Square
The New Year is a time to lift our gazes. As Solomon said in Proverbs 16: 1, “The preparations of the heart” becomes the answer of the tongue. We get into…
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EDITORIAL: Ignorance, Stupidity, Mistakes, and Lying in the Sciences - A Scientist’s Perspective
These words are extremely important to think about and realize in terms of scientists. In terms of PhD scientists it is almost impossible to find one who is…
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EDITORIAL: Madness - Blue
Monday’s child is fair of face Tuesday’s child is full of grace Wednesday’s child is full of woe Thursday’s child has far to go Friday’s child is loving and…
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Letter to the Editor: The Ongoing Battle for Aldie
One hundred fifty-five years after the original Battle of Aldie, the county’s plan to build a massive new fire station in Aldie’s historic village has the…
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Letter to the Editor: Vincent Bataoel Confirmed on the Ballot for Mayor — Election May 1
Long ago, between Alexandria and Winchester, there was established a country town known as Middleburg. It was an island of civility where people looked out for…
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EDITORIAL: Death Trap
Now we are yet another tragic death past high time to address the combination of design and law enforcement problems that have long plagued US 50 west of…
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EDITORIAL: Cindy Pearson
In September, after eleven years of faithful and outstanding service to the Town of Middleburg Cindy Pearson, our first Economic Development Coordinator,…
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EDITORIAL: The Statue on the Courthouse Lawn
Kudos to Loudoun County Board of Supervisors Chair, Phyllis Randall and Catoctin District Supervisor Geary Higgins, for their bi-partisan support of a serious…