Category: EDITORS DESK
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Editorial: Looking Good
Just in time for the Film Festival, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas in Middleburg, and the beginning of a great new year Middleburg looks not just good, but…
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Editorial: Laurels
Congratulations to Judge Tom Horne and Journalist Margaret Morton, recipients of the 2016 Loudoun Laurels. All of us are indebted to Judge Horne for not only…
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Editorial: Racism
There was a time in the living memory of all too many of us in Loudoun County when the October 1, 2016, vandalism and defacement with “white power” graffiti of…
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Editorial: Vote
Difficult though it can be at times, the Middleburg Eccentric’s editorial policy has been, since the beginning, to not endorse political candidates. Once 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: Non-Profits and Press Policy
Over the years, we’ve been honored and gratified by the many thanks we’ve received from local citizens and volunteers who are at the heart of the Middleburg…
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Editorial: True Blue
Middleburg, like every small community, has benefitted from good cops (some of them decorated heroes at the risk of their lives) and, sadly, some bad. In these…
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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…
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Editorial: Ask a Council Member
Hello Middleburg! I have been busy with Middleburg issues, and this article will be short. This article addresses the Town-owned Health Center. Middleburg…
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Editorial: Citizenship and the Train Tracks of History - The Public Square
If citizenship is the binding force of our nation, how do we bring it back and shape and sculpt it for tomorrow? Clearly, the once spirited force of “Our…
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Editorial: Water is Our Lifeblood - A Primer on American Rivers and Streams - Waterworld
Water is the lifeblood of our nation. Our rivers, streams and lakes are the obvious manifestation of this. Did you know that in our 50 states there are over…
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Light at the End of the Tunnel
The best news to surface in Middleburg since the hail stopped falling has, no doubt, been the return of something approaching normal traffic flow to…
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Suppressing the Vote - Blue
This year, more than any year in recent memory, the worst of the GOP really doesn’t want you to vote, and is doing everything in its power to stand in your way…