Leadership in a town and county like ours isn’t about titles or seats. It’s about visibility — the steady presence that shows people where we are,...
Seniors are the living foundation of a community. They are the people who laid the brickwork, carried the load through leaner times, and hold the long...
There are times when I sit alone and think back — trying to unearth details best left buried — and it all still feels like a...
(Author’s note: this commentary was written on Sept. 11 and 12, 2001, as events transpired. It has since been reprinted with permission of the author, with...
When we hear the word “family,” we may picture a traditional household. But families in Warren County take many forms. They include single parents balancing work...
Ten weeks before the midterm elections, a weed killer is threatening to split one of President Donald Trump’s political alliances. The Washington Post reported Wednesday that...
When we talk about the health and condition of a community, it’s easy to focus on buildings, budgets, or headlines. But the clearest picture of who...
There is a vast difference between holding a public office and wearing a crown. For anyone who has ever stepped into the arena of local government,...
It’s that time of year again! Here’s some analysis of the hot topics governing our favorite sport, where miracles happen, NIL rules, the portal spin, and...
We often get caught up in numbers, budgets, and the day-to-day red tape of local planning, but at the end of the day, a community speaks...
As former Town Manager Joseph Waltz once claimed, Main Street and the larger downtown are the Front Royal gem. I do not think I would be...
Philadelphia, July 2, 1776, Congress Orders it read to congregations by their preachers …the Black Robed Regiment Prologue. The colonies were now in a state of...
NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY, COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, FRANCE- Richard Powhatan Hall’s grave sits nine rows into the vast final resting place of 9,400 U.S. soldiers who lost their lives...
What G.K. Chesterton might have called “too English to be true”, a phrase that originates from his celebration of all things English, The Ballad of the...
by David Musser I’m David Musser, an expert in a lot of things technology-wise, and a few years ago, I became an author. I say all...
(Author’s note: this commentary was written on September 11 and 12, 2001, as events transpired. It has since been reprinted in various years on the anniversary...
My phone is blowing up with texts outlining plans for Fall gatherings across the land. Friends in the SEC, Sunbelt Conference, and Big Ten are all...
“I want to please the audience, and I’ve found the best way to please an audience is to please myself.” In her nine-hundred-plus-page memoir, My Name...
Once I was a Yankee. The first 40-plus years of my life were in Brooklyn, then Queens. That was my childhood, adolescence and most of where...
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to take up TikTok’s plea for a stay of its own partial execution. The first round of briefs were due...
It is a truth universally acknowledged: a politician in possession of elected office must be in want of large economic development projects. Such is the power...
In the ancient world, people placed heavy stones on the graves of the dead so their souls would not wander and afflict the living. I always...
(Author’s note: this commentary was written on September 11 and 12, 2001, as events transpired. It has since been reprinted in various edits in various years...
The wind hums of an approaching tempest. It’s coming. Tailgating, grilling, cheerleaders and reunions. Word is that the singer Jelly Roll’s song, “Get By” is the...
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,...
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...
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...
Let’s say you order a washing machine online. The manufacturer admits the appliance is in short supply but pledges to deliver the item in a couple...
(Writer’s note: this was written in 2006. Small edits acknowledging the passage of time since are included toward the end of this updated version.) I was...