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July 04, 2008
Not the people’s war
Reporters in Iraq and Afghanistan are frustrated that the television networks and even print media are cutting back on their coverage of events.July 03, 2008
A different prospective
I’ll be up front – I don’t like or agree with the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down the Washington, D.C., handgun restriction law.June 28, 2008
Feel the power of felt
Kermit Love, a costume designer who helped create Sesame Street’s iconic Big Bird character, has died at the age of 91.June 27, 2008
HUNT: Beginnings and endings
I write this on the eve of a wedding. Our family is expanding to include a new bride. We will gain a member, and by extension, we will gain her family as well. I write this as another member of the family is dying.June 26, 2008
Questions for Landes, Fort Defiance
Recent statements made by an Augusta County high school principal and a county resident have a number of us scratching our heads.June 14, 2008
Shouldn’t have waived nail-gun coverage
Chances are, I will be shot in the head with a nail gun.June 13, 2008
Feeling good in the neighborhood
On a corner down the street from my house is an old house that has been cut up into apartments. They can’t be very large because, judging from the number of mail boxes on the front of the building, there are a lot of them. In back of the building and completely exposed to the street is a small patio. Every summer it is turned into a resort. It happened again this year.June 11, 2008
Lack of coverage on history in the making
OK, I’ll admit that the Shenandoah Valley, especially the lower part, is overwhelmingly conservative and politically Republican.June 08, 2008
Obama-Clinton not a dream ticket
Nobody listens to Jimmy Carter anymore, but once in a while, they should.June 07, 2008
Just say no to mooning
The following is a public service announcement.Farm Bill apologia
As a piece of fiction, The News Virginian’s May 20 editorial, “Goodlatte, peers rain farm folly,” doesn’t rise to the high standards of the “Wizard of Oz” on which it relies for its template.June 06, 2008
Leaving something for future generations
Some days I think I am living entirely off the contributions of previous generations.June 05, 2008
Finding blame for overgrown highways, roads
At first I blamed the tall weeds and grass along Virginia’s highways and roads on the continuous rain and cool temperatures this spring.May 30, 2008
Midwestern musings
Warren Buffett has been the most successful investor in recent history.May 28, 2008
An alternative option for higher education
Most minorities, as a rule, rarely have a choice in their ethnicity. Occasionally, one might be able to pass as a member of another race and as a result he or she is able to take advantages of opportunities available to them. But if you’re white, you can be a minority by choice.May 17, 2008
20 years of bliss (and no pepper spray)
On our 20th anniversary, my lovely, red-headed wife and I sat down and took an honest assessment of our relationship, how far we had come in our two decades together and what the future holds for a couple of crazy kids that everyone said would never make it.May 16, 2008
Scarlett O’Hara and foreign policy
I keep picturing Hillary Clinton as Scarlett O’Hara in that iconic scene in “Gone with the Wind.”May 14, 2008
What’s our logical alternative?
You know we’re in trouble when the state’s leading conservative newspaper, the Richmond Times-Dispatch, agrees with Gov. Timothy M. Kaine’s proposal to raise taxes to pay for Virginia’s transportation needs.May 13, 2008
Roller’s appeals continue division among GOP
I am grateful the 6th District Republican Committee confirmed my election as Augusta Republican Chairman at its convention last week.Michael cares about himself, not the party
In most elections where there is competition, whether it is a club, church or even a national political contest, the losing contestant will congratulate the winner and offer his support. This did not happen in the Augusta County Republican Committee chairman election.May 11, 2008
Hillary and the golden handshake
What will it take to get Hillary Clinton to quit?May 09, 2008
Not everyone agrees with their minister
The reasoning goes like this: Barack Obama joined a church whose minister, for a while, was Jeremiah Wright. Therefore Barack Obama agrees with Wright’s political and theological points of view. Huh?May 08, 2008
Time to wake up and smell the recession
The story about rising food prices, entitled “Food Crisis,” on the May 2 front page of The News Virginian was ironic, considering the headline on Page A5 in the same edition. It read: “Bush urges $770M in food aid.”May 04, 2008
Cue the pander bear
A year ago last March, the Republican National Committee had fun sending someone in a “pander bear” suit to crash a Hillary Clinton fundraiser at a Washington hotel.May 02, 2008
Food for thought
Americans will eat absolutely anything. In the last two weeks, the truth of this statement has been demonstrated to me.April 30, 2008
America illustrates race still matters
Former president Clinton knows it. His wife, Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., knows it. Illinois Democratic Sen. Barack Obama’s wife, Michelle, knows it. And most blacks know it. In America, race still matters.April 26, 2008
Gorak, meet Stephen
Stephen Hawking has always been among my favorite astrophysicists.April 25, 2008
Some questions have no answers
Sometimes my heart breaks even before my coffee maker has had time to drip down my first morning cup.April 20, 2008
Presidential candidates battle to cut taxes
It wouldn’t be a presidential campaign without charges that Democrats will raise your taxes.April 19, 2008
