Opinion

Moving town elections to Nov. should boost participation

Democracy is much like a garden. It has to be tended to flourish. Without attention and care, it ...

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Fence laws have a fascinating history in Virginia

“Don’t fence me in” is a familiar refrain, but most of us would never associate it with Virginia’s ...

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Amid needed progress, some history should be preserved

Years ago, the late Granville Starke regaled The Twins coffee shop crowd regularly with stories and banter. One ...

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Mother Nature, meet human nature

In recent years, we have become accustomed to freak weather event after freak weather event. Last summer, in ...

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Getting ‘the shot’ is a joyous occasion

I’ve never been particularly fond of needles. I think my fear of them began in earnest when I ...

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Black History Month got its start in Virginia

Black History Month was originally conceived in the fertile mind of a Black Virginian. Carl G. Woodson was ...

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Remembering those who worked tirelessly for civil rights

Black History Month began Monday. This year, in particular, it’s an observance that deserves a heightened level of ...

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Life lessons learned in Smithfield’s hardware stores

EDITOR’S NOTE: Columnist John Edwards is taking a break this week. The following Short Rows was first published ...

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Indelible images from a dark day in American history

All of us will carry in our minds for the rest of our lives images of the Jan. ...

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Capitol mob was decades in the making

Last Wednesday’s terrorist attack on our nation’s capital was the tragic, but inevitable, culmination of four decades of ...

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