COVID-19 and 5G networks: Another social media scam?
October 23, 2020
Sadly, I heard this ludicrous claim in the checkout line at Floyd’s Food Lion store. Will this needless misinformation ever stop?
You gotta have a heart…or least one that works
October 22, 2020
I’ve survived more than a few events that should have killed me over the years, but I have been a bad man with atrocious habits who has always had good luck. It is finally running out?
Pandemic limitations in Floyd’s Circuit Court
October 20, 2020
Things are easing a little but still are not where it used to be in the courtroom.
The color of fall
October 14, 2020
Enjoy it while you can. Temperatures Wednesday and Thursday are forecast in the 70s with sun, but it cools down with rain on Friday.
Adding context to the sins of Thomas Jefferson
October 13, 2020
Robert E. Lee is not the only native son of Virginia to become persona non grata in the Old Dominion. Thomas Jefferson is a bad name to memorialize, even in Charlottesville.
Lots of anger and some threats over the years
October 12, 2020
Sometimes, it is an insult…or a threat…or an action. These are angry times.
Who should replace Robert E. Lee in the Capitol’s Statuary Hall?
October 6, 2020
Anyone from this part of the Old Dominion want to suggest a statue of a prominnent Virginian for placement in Statuary Hall in the U.S.
Better weather for fall colors
October 1, 2020
The National Weather Service office in Blacksburg forecasts some rain this afternoon and evening, followed by a cooler, autumn-like weekend with drier weather that could
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.
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