Letters to the Editor

The recent controversy over the Warren County Republican Committee’s mass meeting has generated a great deal of anger about who ...

On Wednesday of this week, on behalf of dozens of petitioners, I filed a challenge to the February 12, 2026, ...

I realized something recently—I haven’t spoken to many people face-to-face in quite a while. Most days I’m walking through the ...

Supervisor Richard Jamieson is correct that Virginia’s current congressional map scores well on certain proportionality measures, but proportionality alone is ...

Key Takeaways Virginia’s current congressional map is the most proportionally accurate in the nation — a gap of just 0.6 ...

The Front Royal Planning Commission recommended approval of an ordinance to allow a second house, aka accessory dwelling unit (ADU), ...

As someone whose Quaker roots run many centuries deep in this part of Virginia, I have long been mindful of ...

Democracies don’t usually collapse in a single dramatic moment. They erode when powerful people normalize the idea that elections are ...

Wednesday marked crossover at the General Assembly, the day on which bills that have passed the House matriculate to the ...

At a recent meeting, the Winchester Planning Commission voted to remove the Pledge of Allegiance from its agenda. One member ...

The vote by the Warren County Board of Supervisors Tuesday night to resume funding our library was the first step ...

At last night’s Board of Supervisors meeting, we learned that a developer is proposing a data center for a large ...

A recent letter to the Royal Examiner attempted to frame Congressional redistricting as a power grab by Democrats instead of ...

I am writing to bring attention to a matter that I believe will have a significant impact on the Town ...

We, the People of this remarkable Commonwealth, find ourselves challenged and disregarded by our own elected officials. We are asked ...

Two recent Royal Examiner pieces, “Democrats Redistricting Initiative a Blatant Power Grab” (Jan. 22, 2026) and “Commentary: Redistricting, Ideology, and ...

Virginia Code § 15.2-2511 states, “Localities shall have all their accounts and records, including all accounts and records of their ...

Delegates Wiley and Oates have delivered another performance of Republican grievance theater, complete with lobster metaphors and apocalyptic warnings. But ...

Good Governance is characterized by transparency, accountability, fairness, inclusiveness, and adherence to the rule of law. You need all 5 elements ...

No political party gets everything right. History has proven that repeatedly. Healthy government depends on competition, debate, and accountability, values ...

Should the town be responsible for clearing our fire hydrants? Sidewalks are owned by the town and are in the ...

Last week, we saw a review of the Trump administration published in these pages. Here is a different viewpoint. A ...

I’ve carried a gun in combat. I served in Iraq and Afghanistan, shoulder to shoulder with Marines and Army soldiers, ...

Democrats handed to Republicans a virtual curb stomping this past November.  However in typical Democrat fashion, they are misreading the ...

Tony Carter screwed up. Period. No excuses. No redemption tour. No “this isn’t who I am” press release written by ...

Each school day started the same.  We stood up at our desks and faced the corner of the room, put ...

The recently elected officials of the Warren County Board of Supervisors whose campaign focused on supporting Samuel’s Public Library, are ...

The opinion piece authored by Mr. McCool couldn’t have come at a better time. Transparency in Warren County government has ...

And like all good stories passed down through generations, this one has been stretched, remixed, rebranded, and slapped with a ...

’Tis the season again — no, not for Christmas, but for agonizing over New Year’s resolutions.  And if you’ve got ...