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Distancing for now, but still connected

 I’m forcing myself not to listen to every bit of bad news concerning the spread of COVID-19. To ...

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Localities get it done in crisis

    The strength of federalism has rarely been more evident than during the past couple of weeks. ...

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Casinos not an economic salvo

Virginia seems hell-bent to have casinos. I hope it’s all that its cracked up to be.   If ...

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Cherished treasure or just stuff

Cherished treasure or just stuff     When is an object an heirloom, a memento or simply one ...

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Dems have veered off the track

    Two decades in the political wilderness appear to have taught the Virginia Democratic Party very little ...

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Old or new, it’s home to all here

          I thoroughly dislike the phrase “come here.” By simply being used, it implies ...

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Book examines painful truths

              Black History Month offers an opportunity each February for Americans to ...

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Get the amendment on the ballot

          The gerrymandering of election districts is a tradition as old as our Republic. ...

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Paperweight sparks memories

          Among the little things that define your life are the mementos you collect ...

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Smithfield nicknames filled a book

  The late Mary Gale had a sense of humor and wrote a bit of poetry from time ...

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