Opinion

Column – America has a loneliness epidemic, and it’s getting worse

There are many ways in which we can improve our health and our individual life expectancy, and one ...

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Column – Close encounter with lightning isn’t quickly forgotten 

Recent rains have been welcome, and needed. The lightning that defines thunderstorms, though, can be dangerous and costly.  ...

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Column – Long live the sweet pickle, a Southern delicacy

There are few summer aromas that match that of cucumbers steeping in vinegar and herbs, on their way ...

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Column – ‘Open’ meeting left cub reporter with empty notepad

Governmental secrecy can be overt or, at times, covert. My first encounter with it was amusingly so. “Green” ...

Opinion

Column – A retired sailor reflects: Have a thick skin at the starting line

I am confident that sailboat racing began when the first two boats or rafts ever equipped with sails ...

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Column – Crops, as much as the calendar, mark summer

For most of us, summer is just getting started good when the Fourth of July rolls around. And, ...

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Column – Fireworks still a sight to see in Isle of Wight

Who doesn’t love a fireworks display? Probably a very few folks, but if you’re among them, don’t advertise ...

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Column – Virginia should be part of the solution on climate change

Mother Nature just keeps on telling us what we don’t want to hear: To get serious about global ...

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Column – Pocketknife handier than ever, but careful where you take it

The youngest of our five grandchildren now has a pocketknife. That means all five are now equipped with ...

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Column – Government secrecy isn’t new in these parts

As the town of Smithfield wrestles with a proposed “public-private partnership” in which town and county taxpayers are ...

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