In a recent (July 26 publication) opinion piece by Warren County resident Richard Jamieson, the author employed a neat rhetorical maneuver that I believe is worthy...
A letter was written to the Royal Examiner recently recounting a tragic story and, in no uncertain terms laying at least part of the blame for...
Ms. Dixie Dillon Lane has made a reasonable point about legal constraints and compromises with regard to a path forward concerning the Samuels Library, Inc. (SLI)...
I am writing to you as a concerned citizen of our county, stirred not only by the recent controversy over book banning but also by the...
This letter is in response to a recent Royal Examiner segment regarding the upcoming school board election. It should first be noted that it is the...
Country singer Jason Aldean has reaped a whirlwind of big-media scorn for his intemperate new hit titled “Try That in a Small Town.” As he should....
The decision on what to make available in a public library at taxpayer expense sometimes raises profoundly moral questions. Should our community pay to provide free...
Let me say at the outset that just because many of us want to limit children’s exposure to inappropriate material at Samuels Public Library does not...
I have been following recent news articles and commentaries regarding the split between the county planning commissioners and community support for over 55 developments in Rockland....
(Writer’s Note: I originally shared this text as a statement to the Warren County Board of Supervisors during a public comment session last night (July 18)....
Thomas Hinnant’s “Keep Rockland Rural …” (Royal Examiner, 7/9/23) was a whistle calling a crowd to overwhelm another meeting, not unlike the library brouhaha, in my...
Digital assets like cryptocurrency, NFTs, blockchain services, and metaverse technologies are a transformative force reshaping our economy. As of this year, digital assets are used by...
No matter our opinions about the appropriateness of a particular book(s) for Samuels Public Library’s collections, we cannot expect the librarians or the library board to...
I have followed with great interest the debate over rezoning sections of the Shenandoah Valley Golf Club as a residential development. Although I now live in...
Considering all the emphasis on “the 53”, I finally wrote the Royal Examiner, identifying as one and summarizing the Library’s response to one of my Requests...
Supervisor Oates once said, “We need to hold government accountable!” So, who did she hire with $20,000 of Oates-for-Delegate campaign donations, no experience required? Thomas Hinnant....
By Thomas Hinnant “Lord, I can’t make any changes. “All I can do is write ‘em in a song. “I can feel the concrete slowly creepin’....
From my perspective, Cleanup Samuels Library (CSL) came into existence as a response to a very specific matter: sexualized content in juvenile books that is, by...
Samuels Public Library is a “true gem” that just happens to be in Front Royal, Virginia. It is a sanctuary away from many difficult things, including...
Today, the John Marshall Center for Constitutional History and Civics (JMC) is not only celebrating American independence, but we are also celebrating a historic union, one...
Well, here we are, the first of July, and as I open up the Royal Examiner this morning, I see we’re still talking about the Great...
Samuels Public Library has responded to my Request for Reconsideration of “Prince and Knight” by Daniel Haack, which is recommended by its publisher for ages 3...
The Board of Supervisors, as a body of elected officials, appears to be now coercing the library to ban books by using our tax money to...
The debate was over, and the Declaration of Independence had been approved by the Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia on a hot July 2nd day. Questions...
In a previous letter, I identified the matter of library accountability to the Warren County taxpayer. Since that time, the Warren County Board of Supervisors (BOS) decided...
Warren County Board of Supervisors Re: Samuels Public Library Supervisors, I was extremely disappointed to learn the Warren County Board of Supervisors (Board) has chosen to...
We know how much people care about children by what they do, not what they say. Children ought to be able to watch their government in...
Which do you prefer? Solutions to problems or rhetoric? I entered the Senate District 1 Republican primary race because other candidates were not addressing policy issues...
I’m thrilled to introduce you to my husband, Lance Allen, who is currently running for State Senate. We first met when Lance was serving at Joint...
Sigmund Freud, that master explorer of all things proctological, would have been utterly fascinated by Dale Carpenter’s obsessive use of the term “filth” in his recent...
