This past year, we’ve heard about libraries being battlegrounds. In Virginia alone, books have been removed from the shelves of public schools in Hanover County, Rockingham...
A bombshell was dropped last month when Department of Justice Special Counsel Robert Hur released his findings on President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents. The...
For many, the Gilded Age (1877-1900) is the most boring part of political history. All the presidents were bearded white men from New York or Ohio...
I serve as the treasurer of the Front Royal-Warren County EDA. I’ve received a number of calls and questions about our recent discussion at the EDA...
An amendment meant to keep ex-Confederates from holding office after the Civil War is once again coming into play as Colorado and Maine announced that former...
Following up on the Royal Examiner article on the resurgence of teaching cursive handwriting in schools, it’s a good thing for a number of reasons. I’ve...
Mr. Gough’s zeal is admirable, but his grasp of the facts is not. I wish that more people cared about the welfare of children, particularly those...
In response to this published letter to the editor, the writer is misinformed and very much off base. Had they paid attention to the eight years...
The Archdiocese of Arlington is proposing a new facility in Front Royal despite 37 archdioceses in America declaring bankruptcy to avoid financial accountability for the over...
“I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” (John 14:6) On Easter Sunday (“Resurrection Day”), Christians...
When I was in college back in the 1990s, I like so many other students began getting my political commentary Monday through Thursday nights on Comedy...
Thank you for printing the “Fires Blaze Across 7,500 Acres in Various Virginia Regions” article from the Virginia Mercury news service. Although the article was informative,...
The School Board Member Alliance of Virginia (SBMA) is a dedicated organization for Virginia’s school board members, aiming to enhance their professional development in alignment with...
One exciting aspect of the Shenandoah Rail Trail project is the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to preserve and protect an intact historic railway corridor that reconnects the visiting...
Imagine seeing virtually everyone in town getting out of their cars, houses, and businesses on the same day and at the same time, once a year,...
I am often reminded of a challenge by my late father to always “thank those whose profession requires dirt under their fingernails.” As I have witnessed...
Small-town America is going extinct. Revitalization can no longer just be a buzzword; it must be a slew of actions aggressively pursued by local government, local...
Do we want to encourage visionary local entrepreneurs to invest in Front Royal, or do we want to drive them away? That is the question before...
I suppose one could argue that serving on a school board (my district) as a homeschooler could have ethical implications. I suppose one could argue that...
There are many ways to say that history repeats itself. George Santayana’s words may be the best well-known: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned...
I often daydream. As I attempt to rest and reset my mind and heart, I fantasize at what many chuckle at: Will 2024 be led by...
1854 began the destruction of the Second American Party System. When Democrats fought to accept Kansas as a slave state, they were able to claim the...
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press;...
To (Jesus) who loves us and has freed us from our sins by His blood, and has made us to be a kingdom and priests, to...
3 ways to turn holidays into your favorite time of year (and 3 survival tactics if they’re not) When was the last time you heard something...
While soldiers of Ukraine lie in the mud, in the blood and the ice-cold trenches of Ukraine, fighting for the freedoms that we take for granted,...
Besides the many commandments in the Torah instructing us to love our fellow man, there is also an explicit commandment to open your hand to the...
By the 1850s America was in the middle of the Second American Party System of Democrats and Whigs. The two equally strong parties had members in...
In grad school, one of the hardest parts of studying the Israel/Palestine issue was trying to understand who led the Palestinians. It reminds me of...
With the Democratic Party’s victory in the recent General Assembly elections, Virginians can expect much of Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s legislative agenda to be blocked by a...