A lurid encounter with religious bigotry
September 26, 2020
An angry woman accused me of quoting an atheist president of the U.S. in a column Friday. No, it wasn’t Trump. She was talking about Thomas Jefferson.
In Pledge of Allegiance, the words “under God,” were an afterthought
September 25, 2020
The Pledge was written in 1892 by a socialist minister as part of a handbook for students. The words, “under God” were added in 1954, 62 years later.
Break a leg. Been there, done that. That’s not all.
September 24, 2020
Broke right leg in several places in 2012. Then broke the left one two years later. Did I break my mind too? Maybe it was already broken.
An aborted way to govern a nation of laws, not beliefs or biases
September 22, 2020
The debate over whether or not to appoint a new supreme justice with less than two months before an election is part of a larger question of whose laws we should obey.
Storm names? It’s all Greek now to the National Weather Service
September 21, 2020
A second-straight morning of temperatures in the 30s, with a high Monday that might hit the low 60s before heading back into the 30s overnight,
Change comes hard for longtime Virginia farming communities
September 20, 2020
In Rappahannock County, we see the sharp political split between the longtime native farming families and newcomers.
Remembering the day of infamy on Sept. 11, 2001
September 11, 2020
I traveled the world to cover news events with my cameras for more than half a century, but the most devastating one was just a short drive away from our home on that terrible day.
As pandemic infections increase, colleges stay open
September 8, 2020
Is playing the odds against a pandemic worth the risk?
Looking at horsepower and colorful vintage vehicles
September 7, 2020
A Cruise-In car show at Wildwood Farms added to events for places to go and visit on this Labor Day Weekend. Most of the photos
Getting a first-ever notice for potential jury service
September 3, 2020
For most of adult life, I have been exempt from jury duty for one legal reason or another. No automatic exemption exists now but no attorney wants the reporter who covers courts anywhere near a jury room.
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