A so-called “doomsday glacier” in Antarctica that could raise sea levels several feet is disintegrating faster than previously predicted, according to a new study. And an...
Historians have an unfortunate reputation for delivering bad news. That indictment was recently bolstered by a group of the nation’s leading scholars who warned President Joe...
“Misdirection, what the eyes see, and the ears hear – the mind believes” – John Travolta from the movie “Swordfish”, quoting Harry Houdini School is in...
As summer recedes and we head into fall, a new school year begins. Students, faculty and staff head back into schools and classrooms with hope and...
On August 22, Virginia Sen. Mark Warner (D) made a trip to Twin Valley High School in Whitewood, Virginia, where just weeks prior, the community was...
I received a bit of a surprise via email late last week. An RFP for a downtown master plan was addressed specifically to me. This...
Last week, a court in Virginia Beach was asked to find two books depicting sexual activity obscene and ban their sale at a Barnes & Noble...
My wife and I are beef cattle farmers in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Two years ago, we enrolled in Virginia’s Agricultural Best Management Practice...
They’re easy to sponsor and hold. They allow residents, especially in crime-ridden communities around the commonwealth, to feel encouraged. They take a handful of tools of...
If you are determined to stay awake until you know which political party will control the U.S. House of Representatives next year, you will be sleepless...
I concluded Part 1 of this rebuttal of Warren County School Board member Melanie Salins’ public posts questioning the truthfulness and political perspective of The Royal...
It has been brought to my attention that in Facebook posts early in the week of August 14th to her social media “friends” in response to...
This observer finds the Warren County School Board debate over continued membership in the Virginia School Boards Association (VSBA) disturbingly ironic and troubling in its timing....
In July of 1776, the American Congress approved the Declaration of the Independence of the 13 United States of America. One of the key figures behind...
Before I begin my commentary, I have to clear up some confusion. I say, in my commentary that no one famous has stayed in the Afton...
Some of us are ancient enough to remember the Watergate burglary that brought down the President of the United States 50 years ago, June 17, 1972....
Right and left. Have you ever been stuck with your mouth open upon hearing a longtime next-door neighbor proclaim that the only way to reduce crime...
As I relax behind the wheel of my outdated mobile, I realize I am the 15th car at this East Main traffic light. There appear to...
By the 18th century, Valentine’s Day was as much as we know it today. By the way, it’s today, so it’s not too late to not...
This year I want to… Write something worth reading Read something worth sharing Say something worth repeating Give something worth getting Choose something worth keeping Sacrifice...
How do college students mentally “wrestle with a wide range of ideas” when they prevent those ideas from being expressed? This is not a rhetorical...
Is impeachment a political process, or is it a legal proceeding? This is not solely an academic question. At this moment in our Nation’s history,...
I know propaganda. As a mother grizzly knows her cubs, I know propaganda. And what I have in recent days witnessed is propaganda of the...
My ears perk up a bit when I hear folks gnawing on the topic of education. And the buzz I’ve heard in recent days has been...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...