Opinion

Column – Technology has done much good, but may be our undoing

We are — young and old— beset by electronic distractions.  You need only walk into a restaurant and ...

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Column – IW, Surry still remember reason for the season

Now that dumpsters are chock full of gift boxes, Styrofoam packaging and other detritus of Christmas Day, we ...

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Column – 50 years on, this and that about 1973 in Smithfield

Several months ago, a friend asked me to write some notes about Smithfield in 1973, material she could ...

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Column – Old photo dispels assumption about Pagan bridge

I am always on the lookout for old maps and old photographs of our area, both of which ...

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Column – Childhood’s Thanksgiving dinner memories endure

Thanksgiving always brings back childhood memories, and it did again this past week.  There was a time, I’m ...

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Column – Not too late for an honest discussion about growth

Virginians have been debating, and often fighting, over property rights ever since a band of naive adventurers waded ...

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Column – Dear friends came back to life during October’s Ghost Walk

The annual Ghost Walk, sponsored each fall by the 1750 Courthouse, offers an enjoyable and entertaining stroll through ...

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Column – Battle of the Smithfields reverberates four decades later

Smithfield residents and businesses have always been ready and eager to defend the town’s signature product — the ...

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Column – Mixing government and religion never ends well

Theocracy: a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god. Those ...

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Column – Here’s the best way to roll out welcome mat for visitors

Giant “LOVE” signs are Virginia’s latest attempt to draw visitors to communities, but it doesn’t take a LOVE ...

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