What has happened to the American Spirit? We have for the past 40+ years elected what are known as our Representatives to Congress who are...
In celebration of the Labor Day week, I am providing some insight for fellow Virginians to continue our volunteer efforts where we can have direct...
Our government has been selling out the American people since the time of Lincoln. We have been lied to and used to set up a government...
This applies to both parties, both houses of Congress and to all elected officials: “No!” You are not self-employed! I, the American voter, am your boss...
I can still remember the day in 1999 when two students entered Columbine High School and killed twelve fellow students and one teacher. I was an...
Some time ago I met a cowboy. Not a Hollywood cowboy. Not a guitar-strumming Nashville cowboy. This cowboy sat upon a horse so big, I had...
One of the topics I try to avoid in class is abortion. There is a good reason for this avoidance; it is one of the subjects...
To my Grandson, to help clarify a few points. The concepts here are relatively simple, but they are frequently ignored. Even when not ignored, the lines...
If President Trump pulls off a win in 2020, there is going to be a great deal of soul searching, not to mention wailing and gnashing...
Imagine you are the owner of ABC Widget Company and that you have just discovered some of your employees have regularly been leaving company premises during...
It is currently looking like in June that at least twenty-five Democrats are seeking their party’s nomination for the presidency. With so many candidates, there seems...
Most of the one side of my family has lived in and around Warren County for a very long time. In discussions I have had with...
In the span of a mere 13 hours this weekend, 29 Americans, including 4 children, were murdered at a Wal-Mart in El Paso and at an...
In the space where mediation is held, where mediators act as a facilitator for parties to reach their own agreement, no guns are allowed. The very...
A Grandfather to a Grandson: Evaluate Candidates based upon technical expertise or ethics? A grandfather’s ears are like radar. They detect movement and direction. At times...
With the government shutdown now over, it is historically intriguing that one of the central players, President Donald Trump, with help from the Democrats, is helping...
On Balance Those founding fathers who crafted our Constitution were brilliant! But if they came up short on anything, it was in anticipating man’s capacity for...
Dear Warren County Community, We each have been called to serve as pastors of five of Front Royal’s churches during the last two years. Each of...
I’ve been seeking to learn why it is God, our Creator, allows so much evil. It is a perplexing question. I suppose I should start with...
A recent letter in the Royal Examiner laments that some folks don’t care for facts much these days and especially disagrees with those who hold their...
I am writing to you all for requests of information. Doug Stanley, the citizens of Warren County deserve total honesty and transparency. I am requesting a...
We at Royal Examiner regret the departure of Editor Norma Jean Shaw. Shaw was a valued member of the Royal Examiner editorial and news department from...
On global warming Some of us don’t seem to care much about facts these days. Especially abhorrent are facts which disagree with pronouncements made by activists...
What is the best way to be certain we will repeat the errors of the past? Before we attempt to answer this, let’s visit a coach...
July 3, 2019 Ms. Chairwoman and School Board Members: I appreciate the opportunity to address my fellow citizens who make up our School Board in Warren...
About those 56 men… If today we were to find fifty-six men who would publicly proclaim such statements as these, the likelihood is that each and...
Memorial Day, May 31; D-Day, June 6; and the Fourth of July – the memories of a nation and people’s commitment and sacrifice swell up in...
God gave us intellect. This attribute, intellect, is one of the ways in which we are created in the image of God. Intellect is a tool....
I’m passing this off as a cinematic TV review but it is really something deeper – as befits HBO’s brilliant five-part mini-series about the April 1986...
If a baker’s dozen, frothing at the mouth, hungry as a pack of wolves, first-string Democrat attorneys, could not dig up indictable crimes to bag President...