The Warren County Board of Supervisors is to be commended for conducting negotiations with the board of directors of Samuel’s Public Library in a thorough and...
Samuels Public Library and Warren County, Virginia, grew up together. The people here, generation to generation, have enjoyed and benefited from their library over many decades....
I watch an hour of news every evening. The bad news always comes first in journalism. There is a saying, if it bleeds it leads. The...
I live in a neighborhood like many others—houses and yards, driveways and fences, a patchwork of tidy lawns in Front Royal, Virginia. But if you look...
Read really close to the page. What follows might be contagious and you may want some for yourself. It happens. It happened to me. This is...
Good or bad, right or wrong, left or right – we all make choices, we take sides. We choose what news to believe, who to blame on...
The recent flooding in Texas—most notably at Camp Mystic along the Guadalupe River, where young campers and counselors lost their lives—leaves my soul aching. It brought...
In response to the recent Warren County Board of Supervisors (BOS) meeting held on July 1, 2025, in which Supervisor Jamieson went on a lengthy tirade...
Make no mistake that pictures do say 1000 words, or maybe 10,000 in this case. The boredom clearly kicked in with BOS Chair Butler and Rep....
I’ve been a resident of Warren County for just over eight years. I live in the Happy Creek district (news to me!) I discovered this fact...
We’ve got enough to deal with in Warren County without people like John Massoud trying to turn neighbors against each other. Most of us out here...
To the citizens of Warren County, Rich Jamieson sat from the dais and read from a prepared statement for almost 25 minutes—a statement packed with lies....
If what Eric Belk and Dr. Jamieson are saying is true, that laws are being violated and criminal actions are going on, my question to both...
Well, there I was, once again having to spend a long Tuesday night showing up to support Samuels Public Library against the attacks of the Warren...
We were all hoping for a full return to the Samuels Library Public/Private partnership at the BOS meeting on Tuesday. Instead, we heard a 24 minute,...
As many of you know by now, in the New York City Mayoral race, avowed communist Zohran Mamdani is the Democrat nominee. Most Democrats and some...
It’s pretty rich of Rich to use George Orwell’s 1984 as his theme for comments last night at the Board of Supervisors meeting. He opted to...
An old proverb warns, “The child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth.” It’s a haunting metaphor for...
Since his return to office in January, President Trump has called on Federal Reserve Chairman Jay Powell to cut interest rates, which Powell and the Fed’s...
My family recently visited Front Royal and had the pleasure of exploring the Samuels Public Library. Everyone, including all the kids and grandkids, loved the place....
I was sitting in my library late one night reading my favorite book — Green Eggs and Ham. As I turned the page, a sheet of...
The conflict between the Warren County Board of Supervisors and Samuels Public Library continues, reminiscent of the drawn-out drama in old TV shows like Days of...
I am old enough to remember when, late last year, over a hundred frustrated, alarmed and bewildered citizens of Warren County spoke out passionately in defense...
What will the BOS majority do about the library? There are 3 options: Fully restore the Samuels Library Public/Private Partnership. Listen to the will of the...
An Open Letter to Supervisors Jay Butler and Vicky Cook Mr. Butler and Ms. Cook, I encourage you to listen to the voters you represent. The...
The sobering moment of last night’s election results was after the initial ‘Dude, we did it! We achieved the first step in protecting Samuels!’ was oh...
It’s not too late to change course. As you know from the outpouring of support for Samuels Public Library at Board meetings and rallies, in letters...
I must be old. Or at least from a time when “right and wrong” weren’t just flavor options on the political smoothie menu. When I was...
I moved to Front Royal six years ago from a very small town in Ohio. In fact, all the places I lived in previously were small...
I am not politically motivated, and I usually keep my preferred candidate choices to myself. Also, I am not a resident of either of the two...