Category: EDITORS DESK
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EDITORIAL: The “Whirl of the Times” - and Light over Shadow - The Public Square
The Public Square heard one person lately say: “Civilization feels like a thin cross (of law and order) on the top of a volcano.” We are in a strange time…
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EDITORIAL: Letter to the Editor: Bank Manager
For over fifty years my family has banked with the Middleburg Bank. It is a pleasure to enter the bank and talk with helpful, friendly people ready to discuss…
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EDITORIAL: Letter to the Editor: Mr.Bataoel
I am a lifelong resident of Middleburg. I’ve served for 17 years on Town Council and currently act as Vice Mayor (8 years), having previously been a Planning…
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EDITORIAL: Letter to the Editor: Mr.Bataoel
As a member of the Middleburg Town Council, I feel it is important to address some statements made in a recent letter to the editor from Vincent Bataoel titled…
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EDITORIAL: Letter to the Editor: Facing A New Nazi Era
Like many residents and readers of this fine journal my British parents were members of the “greatest generation,” and sadly like so many American families…
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EDITORIAL: Vietnam - Red
As a young man, Kurt Vonnegut was captured by the Germans during the Battle of the Bulge in late 1944 and held prisoner in Dresden, where he witnessed the…
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EDITORIAL: SENATOR JILL VOGEL FOR LT. GOVERNOR
It is easy to be cynical about politicians these days - lots of promises without performance. In this political morass of self-serving politicians, Senator…
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EDITORIAL: Hurricanes and Global Warming - A Scientist’s Perspective
The recent spate of powerful hurricanes has increased the discussion of the impact of global warming (no, I’m not going to use the “polite” term of climate…
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EDITORIAL: Ask a Council Member
Hello, Middleburg! The column last month by Vincent Bataoel: “The Next Five Years” alarmed me. In it, he writes his first priority as “… Mayor of Middleburg:…
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EDITORIAL: Bureau of Land Management - Waterworld
When most of us think of public lands we tend to think of national parks and monuments managed by the National Park Service, national forests managed by the U.…
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EDITORIAL: The Next Five Years
I’ve been asked what I think the Town looks like in five years: I believe it looks better in five years, but not any bigger. Here are the priorities that I’d…
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EDITORIAL: Utilities - Ask a Council Member
Hello, Middleburg! This column summarizes recent Town Council and Utility Committee activities I have been involved with recently. Council took a short…
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EDITORIAL: Pax Americana and The Ferris Wheel - The Public Square
August is the month Columbus in 1492 set sail for America and the Pilgrims set forth in 1620 on the Mayflower. Optimistically, “…August hangs at the very top…
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EDITORIAL: Nuclear War - A Scientist’s Perspective
With all of the turbulence about North Korea and nuclear war, I’ve been getting some questions lately about what does nuclear war really mean. My simple answer…
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EDITORIAL: Unequal Justice
The difference in the way the Department of Justice has handled the investigations into Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump is an instructive lesson on how…
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EDITORIAL: Thanks, and Farewell - RED
Well, as they used to say on the Mickey Mouse Club … “now it’s time to say goodbye, to all our company.” After nearly five years, your humble correspondent is…
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EDITORIAL: Charlottesville - A Personal View - Blue
On Friday, August 11, 2017, along with millions of others, this writer watched a video of a torchlight parade on and around the grounds of the University of…
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EDITORIAL: Goodbye Red
One of the ironies of American political history is that here in the States, because of some the earliest colored maps of election returns “red” voters and…
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EDITORIAL: Good People
On Monday, August 21, the moon blocked nearly 80% of the light of the sun here in Middleburg. The great eclipse of 2017 was not only a rare event, but it was…
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EDITORIAL: The Next Five Years
I’ve been asked what I think the Town looks like in five years: I believe it looks better in five years, but not any bigger. Here are the priorities that I’d…