Date
|
oooooooooooooooTitleooooooooooooooo
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Subject |
2012.09.26
|
Endless pointless
rhetoric
|
Too early for
electioneering tax talk
|
2012.08.11
|
Chickens trump
Comp Plan
|
Chicken ordinances
should take precedence over Comp Plan
|
2012.07.25
|
Why is hate still
taught?
|
Like it or not,
hate is still a large part of our societal
difficulties.
|
2012.07.14
|
Preserving rural land
matters
|
The importance of
preserving rural lands as rural lands -
undeveloped.
|
2012.06.27
|
State Laughingstock
|
Regarding
the dismissal of UVA president Teresa Sullivan.
|
| 2012.06.09 |
What good is a tick? |
The area is
infested with ticks. Do they really have a
positive function in a perfect universe? |
| 2012.05.23 |
Bigotry trumps civility |
The Virginia
legislature disgraced itself when it failed to
approve a gay prosecutor for a judgeship. |
| 2012.05.12 |
Teacher appreciation |
Kudos to Socrates
and those teachers who followed him. |
| 2012.04.25 |
Fixing the VRS piggy
bank |
Legislators must
stop pilfering funds from the Virginia Retirement
System if it is to remain solvent. |
| 2012.04.14 |
Feats of clay and
clay feet |
Is the new
Williamsburg Pottery really an improvement? |
|
2012.03.28
|
Curriculum is
off course |
The new curriculum
revision proposal at William & Mary smacks of
comfort food. |
|
2012.03.10
|
|
Gun-runners up and
down the East Coast are applauding Virginia’s
repeal of its one-gun-a month law.
|
|
2012.02.22
|
|
Radical budget cuts
in various state and local budgets could prove to
be self-destructive |
| 2012.02.11
|
A war on women
|
Why is the issue of abortion
overshadowing and affecting all other women’s
health issues?
|
|
2012.01.25
|
|
The new legislative
session is on, and the comedy begins. |
|
2012.01.14
|
Republic Party
follies |
Why are we in
Virginia being deprived of a Republican primary
devoid of candidates? |
|
2011.12.28
|
Farewell, 2011
|
Thoughts about the
year that was. |
|
2011.12.10
|
We’re broken
|
Everyone is saying
that the country is “broken.” They’re right! |
|
2011.11.23
|
3 phases of an evil
road |
Why is VDOT putting
drivers through hell with their everlasting
widening of Ironbound Road? |
|
2011.11.12
|
Absentee
candidates |
Too many
uncontested candidates running. What’s
the point of voting if there is no choice? |
|
2011.10.26
|
Homeless lack
safety nets |
Perhaps the Occupy
Wall St. crowd should add homeless issues to their
agenda. |
|
2011.10.08
|
Statues of our
supes |
Instead of the much
opposed 6 mausoleums St. Bede church proposes to
construct, why not build one and replicate the
mausoleum of King Mausolus of Halicarnassus? |
| 2011.09.28
|
Bureaucratic
bunkum |
Does the James City
School Board really need pricey outside
consultants to determine needs and goals? |
| 2011.09.10
|
The
Update Lady lied to me
|
My problems with
Dominion Virginia Power’s misleading Update Lady
after Hurricane Irene. |
| 2011.08.24
|
Equal
standard impractical
|
Perhaps it’s time
to discontinue requiring algebra and geometry to
meet math standards for Adequate Yearly Progress
reporting under No Child Left Behind. |
| 2011.08.13
|
A
pronounced disruption
|
What redistricting
has done to one Virginia town. |
| 2011.07.27
|
What
electorate?
|
The folly of a
Republican request that Democratic supervisor John
McGlennon resign immediately. |
| 2011.07.09
|
Eroding
Norge’s character
|
Small towns and
villages are losing their characters as a result
of selling off farmland to developers. |
| 2011.06.22
|
Mixing
religion & politics
|
Should a state
attorney general be urging clergymen to get into
politics and fulminate against abortion,
homosexuality and single parent families, lest the
“other side” win?
|
| 2011.06.11
|
Our
youth lack directions
|
How can our youth
meet the challenges of the world when they know
nothing about geography and what or where the
world is? |
| 2011.05.25
|
Judgment
Day math
|
How could Harold
Camping’s calculations for Judgment Day on May 21
go so wrong? |
| 2011.05.14
|
Kids
are hurt by PBS cuts
|
Republican cuts to
budgets for PBS affect mainly programs for
students and teachers, not programming. |
| 2011.04.27
|
Advice
to Class of 2011
|
A college
graduation speech to the Class of 2011. |
| 2011.04.09
|
Gerrymangling
districts
.
|
The process of
redistricting should not be left in the hands of
gerrymandering, power punchy legislators |
| 2011.03.23
|
Virginia
is for whom?
|
Gov. McDonnell is
resurrecting the “Virginia is for Lovers” tourist
ads. But which lovers are excluded? |
| 2011.03.12
|
Preventing
bike carnage
|
It’s time to get
bike racing marathons off narrow, winding rural
roads. |
| 2011.02.23
|
The
school that got away
|
The Williamsburg –
James City Co. school administration seems to have
a problem with advanced planning. |
|
2011.02.12
|
Remember
the toll of war
|
A poem by Walt
Whitman reminds us of what it meant to lose a
comrade in the Civil War. |
| 2011.01.26
|
Precedent
for library fee
|
What services
should local libraries provide for non-residents? |
| 2011.01.08
|
Don’t
ask Bob Marshall
|
Del. Bob Marshall
wants to ban gays from the Virginia National Guard
but give full rights to the unborn. |
| 2010.12.22
|
Tales
of frankenonsense
|
The pro vs.
anti-Christmas wars are on again. But why, since
all three end of Dec. holidays are dubious. |
| 2010.12.11
|
Taking
the college private
|
Given the
decreasing amount of state aid, it’s time for VA
state colleges to go private. |
| 2010.11.24
|
Consequence
for inaction
|
Are we
mollycoddling high schoolers to the point that
they think their actions have no consequences? |
|
2010.11.13
|
The
lawn has got to go
|
Lawns and their
runoffs are the primary pollutants in the
Chesapeake Bay. |
| 2010.10.27
|
Election
is laughable
|
Our congressional
race is about as dull as it gets, so vote for Gail
For Rail Parker and ride the rails. |
| 2010.10.09
|
Flaws
in the bona fides
|
Qualities we should
be looking for in a new Superintendent of Schools.
|
| 2010.09.22
|
Obama’s
dangerous talk
|
Why does President
Obama’s back-to-school speech
occasion so much angst among parents and schools?
|
| 2010.09.11
|
Big
hurricane! Not.
|
How to avoid
hurricane media hype and panic-mongering. |
| 2010.08.25
|
Privatizing
is worth a shot
|
Virginia should get
out of the state-run booze business and privatize
the operation. |
| 2010.08.14
|
Immigration
paranoia
|
Why is Virginia
ready to implement an immigration plan declared
unconstitutional in Arizona? |
| 2010.07.28
|
Water
rules? Never mind
|
Why are county
supervisors willing to compromise the
Comprehensive Plan for the sake of new
development? |
| 2010.07.10
|
Loaded
in the Militia Room
|
Some proposed
regulations for those now able to carry concealed
weapons into bars and restaurants. |
| 2010.06.23
|
Some
prostitutes are bad
|
While Williamsburg
police haul in a woman for a minor prostitution
operation, political and corporate prostitutes
still roam about freely. |
| 2010.06.12
|
The
Perils of Graduation
|
A commencement
address I never delivered. Wonder
why. |
| 2010.05.26
|
Blinded
to sexual truths
|
Why are parents
upset when terms like “blow job” and “anal
penetration” are used in sex education classes? |
| 2010.05.08
|
Statue-tory
rape defined
|
Life-size statues
of Obama and
his family in Williamsburg seem to conflict with
his attitude toward the press. |
| 2010.04.28
|
The
height of ludicrousy
|
How ironic that the
death of Dorothy Height occurred in Virginia’s
Confederate History Month. |
| 2010.04.10
|
Inaccessible
county info
|
The Jefferson
Institute for Public Policy gives James City’s
budget website a zero in all categories |
| 2010.03.24
|
Ineffectual
social promotion
|
New educational
plans won’t mean much as long as schools try to
circumvent standards |
| 2010.03.13
|
Why
anti-gay matters
|
Attorney General
Cuccinelli advises state colleges not to include
sexual orientation in nondiscrimination codes |
| 2010.02.24
|
Suffer
the poor & schools
|
Gov. Bob
McDonnell’s budget proposals would do irreparable
damage to Virginia’s public school system |
| 2010.02.08
|
Busybody
over obscenity
|
Del. Brenda Pogge
proposes legislation to outlaw “obscenity” on
public college campuses. |
| 2010.01.27
|
Leave
education to teachers
|
Let’s forget
massive federal education programs that hinder
good teaching and leave curriculums to teachers |
| 2010.01.09
|
I
promise…
|
New Year’s
resolutions some of us should consider. |
| 2009.12.23
|
We
are socialists
|
I respond to
readers’ comments on my columns. They claim I’m a
socialist and that I hate Republicans. |
| 2009.12.12
|
Irony
economy
|
Ironic that, while
administrators plan for county growth, the current
budget can’t support the residents we have |
|
2009.11.25
|
Incomprehensible
plan
|
A garbled process
for approving the new county Comprehensive Plan
leaves citizens wondering |
| 2009.11.14
|
An
alternative candidate
|
Given the plethora
of unopposed candidates in recent elections and
the tendency for voters to write in Disney
characters, why not put Donald Duck on the ballot
officially? |
| 2009.10.28
|
Beware
Cooch
|
The social agenda
of attorney general candidate Ken Cuccinelli
borders on the Neanderthalic |
| 2009.10.10
|
$63,000
windfall
|
Why is the basketball coach
at William &Mary getting a huge raise when
faculty raises are frozen?
|
|
2009.09.23
|
Growth
controls too late
|
It is perhaps too
late to turn back the tide of untrammeled growth
in James City County |
| 2009.09.12
|
McDonnell’s
manifesto
|
Republican
gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell’s master’s
thesis is actually a Republican Party manifesto |
| 2009.08.26
|
Wittman
doesn’t get it
|
Our congressman,
Rob Wittman, follows the bizarre Republican lead
in healthcare misinformation |
|
2009.08.08
|
Criteria
for profiles rank
|
In some areas,
college ranking profiles may be overly subjective. |
| 2009.07.22
|
Highway
robbery
|
The Virginia
Department of Transportation and its unfortunate
foibles |
| 2009.07.11
|
Not
quite created equal
|
What should we
really be celebrating on the Fourth of July? Or
not celebrating? |
|
2009.06.24
|
Inconsequential
centrists
|
Politicians, and
especially Democrats, seem to be moving to the
center. But is that where the people are? |
| 2009.06.13
|
Rural
lands at great risk
|
Are country
planners really serious about preserving farmland
and green spaces? |
|
2009.05.27
|
An
Unusual Republican
|
Perhaps a recent
local election is indicative of the emergence of a
more moderate Republican Party. |
| 2009.05.09
|
My
trouble with school
|
High schooler Jimmy Newby
writes a column about school and his church
picnic.
|
|
2009.04.22
|
Anarchists
surround us
|
The Va. Fusion Center has
issued its latest terrorist threat assessment.
Guess what’s in Williamsburg?
|
| 2009.04.11
|
Tea
Party has weak logic
|
Recent right-wing “tea
parties” seem to be pushing the same old
tiresome GOP tax agenda
|
| 2009.03.25
|
Lose
a luxury? Rubbish!
|
Why are
Williamsburgers in such a tizzy about trash
collection? |
| 2009.03.14
|
Guns
& poses
|
While banning
smoking in restaurants and bars, the VA.
legislature will now allow concealed weapons in
those venues. |
| 2009.02.28
|
Exception
for an ugly word
|
Even in the
classroom we must confront racial and ethnic slurs
|
|
2009.02.14
|
Double
standard on sex show
|
Why is the approval
of the Sex Workers Art Show in the best interests
of W&M this year, but not last? |
| 2009.01.28
|
Get
back in the classroom
|
Given the
precarious position of the humanities in college
curricula, should profs be teachng fewer courses?
|
| 2009.01.10
|
The
arts suffer silently
|
Why in recessionary
times are the arts the first to feel the budget
ax? |
| 2008.12.24
|
Real
meaning
|
Is there such a
thing as the “real meaning” of Christmas? |
|
2008.12.13
|
Still
left behind
|
It may be time to dump the No
Child Left Behind Act and standardized testing
|
| 2008.11.28
|
Voting
for faceless blobs
|
The Electoral
College should be dumped into the trash bin of
history |
| 2008.11.08
|
A
lot safer to be undecided
|
Why it’s better to
be undecided in presidential elections. |
| 2008.10.22
|
What
is York’s high standard?
|
What happens when a
county government tries to establish a “standard”
for a “wholesome community”? |
|
2008.10.11
|
To
be black, and president
|
Why a black high
school student thinks a President Obama may be
assassinated |
|
2008.09.24
|
Un-Jeffersonian
|
Jeffersonian views
on education and rebellion and the suspect
appointment of a new president at William &
Mary.
|
| 2008.09.13
|
Elite
world of hypocrisy
|
Sarah Palin and the
“Eastern media elite.” |
| 2008.08.27
|
The
enemy within
|
Is an all out war
against deer who have invaded a subdivision that
was formerly their home justified? |
| 2008.08.09
|
The
high cost of sports
|
Does every middle
and high school really need a full complement of
sports, coaches and athletic directors? |
| 2008.07.23
|
Alternative
transpo
|
Is Virginia ready
for serious discussion about high speed rail
corridors? |
| 2008.07.12
|
2
strikes; who’s up next?
|
The failure of the Democrats
to thoroughly vet their candidate for the 1st
House District leaves us with a Bush clone as
the only candidate.
|
| 2008.06.25
|
A
long line to Purgatory
|
Trials and tribulations of
renewing a driver’s license at the local DMV
|
| 2008.06.14
|
She
made a difference
|
On the death of
Mildred Loving and the ramifications of the Loving
vs. Virginia case |
| 2008.05.28
|
Good
satire hard to find
|
On the political
buffoonery of some radio hosts – national and
local |
|
2008.05.10
|
A
wheel of misfortune
|
Problems with
middle school curricula |
|
2008.04.22
|
An
illegic election primer
|
High schooler
Jimmie Newby gives his views on the Williamsburg
city council elections |
| 2008.04.12 |
Sick
transit inglorious
|
You can’t get there
from here on
a Williamsburg Area Transport bus. |
| 2008.03.26 |
Cringe
at truth
|
Are semantics
getting in the way of our discussion of racism? |
| 2008.03.08 |
More
empty promises
|
Why you can’t trust
the promises made in political campaigns. |
| 2008.02.27 |
Nichol
as Socrates
|
Striking
similarities between the plight of former William
& Mary president Gene Nichol and Socrates |
| 2008.02.09 |
Show
wasn’t in her district
|
Delegate Pogge and
others on the right dabble in censorship of
William & Mary’s sex workers show |
| 2008.01.23 |
Intellectual
disability
|
Local boards and
state legislators once again prove that
intellectual disability has little to do with
mental health |
| 2008.01.12 |
An
impeachable offense
|
George Bush and
other English manglers have left the language in a
state of total disrepair |
| 2007.12.26 |
Equal
treatment should rule
|
All media,
including local radio stations, should give equal
time to political candidates |
| 2007.12.08 |
Give
me progress, not guilt
|
The College of
William & Mary should not apologize for the
presence of slaves on campus |
|
2007.11.28
|
E
Pluribus bummed
|
An allegedly
purple-turning state stays red in James City
County |
|
2007.11.10
|
Two
reforms for high school
|
Some suggestions
for changing course in the public high schools |
|
2007.10.24
|
Who
shot Dan Quayle?
|
As a result of
putting standardized tests on an educational
pedestal, our public high schools are in deep
trouble. |
| 2007.10.13 |
Cub
reporter tells all
|
High school junior Jimmy
Newby sits in for Lew and covers a debate – sort
of.
|
| 2007.09.26 |
What
would you do?
|
Democratic
candidate for the House of Delegates finds himself
in hot water as a result of blogger info |
| 2007.09.08 |
What
price representation?
|
Should constituents
whose representatives or senators are absent for
long periods due to illness be without
representation?
|
| 2007.08.22 |
No
guts on gun control
|
While Democrats
cave in to the NRA there is talk of arming college
students to fend off future Chos |
| 2007.08.11 |
Where
to take Internet date
|
Where to go in
Williamsburg on a hot date. Probably not the
Matoaka Amphitheater |
| 2007.07.25 |
We
need smaller schools
|
Is building more
large high schools and middle schools really what
we should be doing? |
|
2007.07.14
|
Abuser
fees abuse reason
|
New abuser fees
leave Virginia drivers in the lurch |
| 2007.06.27 |
Quid
pro quo transpo
|
Virginia’s latest
transportation legislation is balkanizing the
state |
| 2007.06.09 |
A
Republican dynasty
|
Republican attempts
at a gynecological dynasty in Virginia’s 96th
House district. |
| 2007.05.23 |
Why
water the lawn?
|
The lunacy and
waste involved in maintaining the perfect lawn. |
| 2007.05.12 |
Undeserved
fanfare
|
Going overboard for
the queen’s visit to Jamestown |
| 2007.04.25 |
After
a horrific slaughter
|
What is there to
learn from the massacre at Virginia Tech? |
|
2007.04.14
|
Melanie
Rapp gets it right
|
Del. Rapp gets it
right with respect to the crazed transportation
bill and an attempted smoking ban. |
| 2007.03.28 |
6
rules that were bent
|
James City County’s
use of the process of eminent domain |
| 2007.03.10 |
The
big scheme of things
|
Maybe the eclipse
of the moon is more important than we think |
| 2007.02.28 |
Sex
is here, get over it
|
Does W&M
president Gene Nichol deserve the punches he
taking over a cross and a sex show? |
| 2007.02.10 |
Metaphor
bowl
|
Why baseball is a
better metaphor for social behavior than football |
| 2007.01.24 |
Beware
academic bill
|
Yet another
conservative attempt to ensure “diversity” in the
state’s colleges and universities. |
| 2007.01.12 |
Hard
to digest
|
Cannibalism in
Jamestown and the Virginia General Assembly |
| 2006.12.27 |
Playback
is hell
|
A look back at 2006
on the national, state and local levels. |
| 2006.12.08 |
Tempests
of boredom
|
Tempests in a
teapot over a cross removal, a gay-straight
alliance club and Webb’s reaction to Bush |
| 2006.11.22 |
Roosting
with the royals
|
On the impending
visit of the British royals to Jamestown. |
|
2006.11.11
|
Kerry
had a good point
|
Kerry’s “botched
joke” might tell us more about education than we
want to know. |
| 2006.10.25 |
Also-rans
are off the rails
|
Why aren’t
independent candidates given a seat at the debate
table? |
| 2006.10.14 |
Paranoid
threat
|
Why the proposed
anti-gay marriage amendment to the Virginia
Constitution should be defeated. |
| 2006.09.24 |
Time
for contrition on war
|
Republicans,
including Rep. Jo Ann Davis, try a unique election
strategy |
| 2006.09.09 |
An
award to hucksters
|
Astronomers, George
Bush, the architect of New Town and Parks &
Rec get a HOOEY |
| 2006.08.23 |
Here
is the “real world”
|
On George Allen’s
“macaca” remark to S.R. Sidarth |
| 2006.08.12 |
Universal
health
|
Emergency room
problems and the need for a single-payer,
universal health plan. |
| 2006.07.26 |
Crippling
of the individual
|
Given our present
nasty state of affairs, perhaps another look at
the Socialism of Albert Einstein and Frank Zeidler
is in order. |
| 2006.07.08 |
Jamestown
not worth it
|
Should we really be
celebrating the questionable colonization process
known as Jamestown? |
| 2006.06.28 |
Harking
back to Jefferson
|
Our politics and
economics could use a good dose of Jeffersonian
logic. |
| 2006.06.10 |
German
lesson
|
Cheers and jeers to
the National Spelling bee, Williamsburg City
Council and Virginia Democrats |
| 2006.05.24 |
Why
teens turn violent
|
What lies behind
the recent outbreak of teen violence? |
| 2006.05.13 |
Stronger
zoning
|
On the James City
Planning Commission and why it should be elected,
not appointed. |
| 2006.04.26 |
A
vote for the kid
|
Get some new blood
on Williamsburg’s City Council. Vote for Sievers. |
| 2006.04.08 |
Pimps,
ho’s and politics
|
Aristophanic
dysfunction at work in several Williamsburg
milieus. |
| 2006.03.22 |
Transfixed
by fear
|
We’ve become a
nation driven by fear in too many categories of
life. |
| 2006.03.11 |
Faculty
politics easy target
|
A response to John
Tierney of the NY Times relative to the
resignation of Harvard’s Lawrence Summers. |
|
2006.02.22
|
The
Persian gulp
|
Shenanigans in the
2006 state legislature and Republican
vindictiveness |
| 2006.02.11 |
When
consent is implied
|
Date rape may not
solely be the fault of the male involved. |
| 2006.01.25 |
Tyranny
lives in Virginia
|
Tyrannical
decisions on the state and local level in
Virginia. |
| 2006.01.14 |
Let
freedom ring
|
Do we really want
to spread our concept of freedom and liberty
around the world? |
| 2005.12.28 |
Take
them out after 1 year
|
Why not try the
Athenian election system here? |
| 2005.12.10 |
The
chaos of Christmas
|
Why December is
replete with ersatz holidays. |
| 2005.11.23 |
On
the centrist fringe
|
It’s time for
Virginia Democrats to get off their meaningless
centrist path. |
| 2005.11.12 |
Government
absurdity
|
Absurdities in
recently revealed James City planning documents |
| 2005.10.26 |
Growth
virus is green
VPA
Award Winner
|
Rampant growth
virus sweeps James City County |
| 2005.10.08 |
Learning
from adversity
|
Rep. Jo Ann Davis’
fight with breast cancer and a hope for new
advocacies. |
| 2005.09.28 |
They’re
running on empty
VPA
Award Winner
|
James City’s
questionable candidates for the House of Delegates |
| 2005.09.10 |
We
could have done more
|
The federal government’s
woefully inadequate
response
to Katrina |
| 2005.08.24 |
Focus
on studies, not sports
|
The need to return
to a basic, core curriculum in high schools |
| 2005.09.10 |
We
could have done more
|
The federal government’s
woefully inadequate
response
to Katrina |
| 2005.08.24 |
Focus
on studies, not sports
|
The need to return
to a basic, core curriculum in high schools |
| 2005.08.13 |
Problem?
Call Agriculture
|
Frustrating laws
and how to deal with them |
| 2005.07.27 |
Beware
invasion of privacy
|
Invasions of
privacy in the Patriot and No Child Left Behind
Acts |
| 2005.07.09 |
Water
as a metaphor
|
Overdevelopment
means water shortages and crowded schools |
| 2005.06.22 |
Dumber
for governor
|
The foibles of
Virginia’s race for governor in 2005 |
| 2005.06.11 |
Casual
boom boom
|
Sleazy Internet
offers are a metaphor for other sinister lures |
| 2005.05.25 |
Life on Easement
Street |
The challenge to
homeowners by easements for tree trimming and
cable laying. Where is our local government? |
| 2005.05.14 |
Freedoms
threatened
|
Attempts by the
right to invade college classrooms |
| 2005.04.27 |
Still
too easy to buy guns
|
On the Second
Amendment and the suicides of two young students |
| 2005.04.09 |
Christianity
in excess
|
How local contests
fit into the schisms in the Republican Party |
| 2005.03.30 |
Habla
jibber-jabber
|
Response to those
opposed to the new Gazette Spanish column |
| 2005.03.23 |
Drug
Tests Unconstitutional
|
Random drug testing
of students and the legalization of drugs |
| 2005.03.12 |
The
joy of newspapering
|
On the 2004 awards
ceremony of the Virginia Press Assoc. |
| 2005.02.23 |
Pants
can droop, morals can’t
VPA
Award Winner
|
The VA. Senate vs.
the House of Delegates and its loopy legislation |
| 2005.02.12 |
Conflicting
quest for values
|
Conflicting moral
and political values are affecting education |
| 2005.01.26 |
“Get
over it” arrogance
|
The hubris of
Bush’s Pax Americana and “We won. You lost. Get
over it” |
| 2005.01.08 |
Your
government at work
|
Trivial and
discriminatory bills in the 2005 VA legislature |
| 2004.12.22 |
Defraying
the costs of sprawl
|
Growth and sprawl
are strangling Williamsburg and James City Co. |
|
2004.12.11
|
Christmas
traditions?
|
Christmas
traditions: More heathen than Christian? |
| 2004.11.24 |
The
Land of the Boobies
|
Is our School Board
asleep at the switch? |
| 2004.11.13 |
What,
me negative? Hah!
|
The values issue in
the last election as it pertains to the red states |
| 2004.10.27 |
Fear
of the government
|
Our fear of
terrorism has led some to fear the government as
well |
| 2004.10.09 |
Too
far right for constituents
|
Rep. Jo Ann Davis,
running unopposed, should moderate her views |
| 2004.09.22 |
"9/11" foes lack
specifics
|
Why those opposed
to showing Moore’s “F-9/11” at the Kimball in
Williamsburg are wrong. |
| 2004.09.11 |
Hypocritic
Oaths
|
Hypocrisy
flourishes at the political conventions |
| 2004.08.25 |
Vital
Romance languages
|
The importance of
Latin to the study of English and Romance
languages |
| 2004.08.14 |
Discrimination
hurts tourism
|
Virginia’s history
of bigotry now includes gays |
|
2004.07.28
|
Shaky
Commitments
VPA
Award Winner
|
On marriage,
political and educational commitments |
| 2004.07.10 |
"Fahrenheit"
is heated
|
The positive
polemicism of Michael Moore |
| 2004.06.23 |
Repulsively
undemocratic
|
On the Electoral
College, the Dillon Rule and other political
outrages |
| 2004.06.12 |
History
will be the judge
|
Reagan, like
Kennedy, must await history’s judgment |
| 2004.05.26 |
Wiseman
treated unjustly
VPA
Award Winner
|
Prof. Lawrence
Wiseman deserved better from William & Mary
administration |
| 2004.05.10 |
Leadbeater’s
predictions
|
Predictions about the
national election and local doings
|
| 2004.04.28 |
Bigotry
in the Last Word
|
Should
heterosexuality join homosexuality in the Last
Word? |
|
2004.04.10
|
Blunders
worthy of Naso
|
Ironic blunders of
those in high places |
| 2004.03.24 |
Social
promotion fails students
|
Problems with
social promotion and middle schools |
|
2004.03.13
|
Better
amendments
|
Some divine laws in
Leviticus that should definitely become
Constitutional amendments |
| 2004.03.06 |
Linkletter
says the darndest things
|
Art Linkletter, the
United Seniors Assoc. and the Jost/Norment flap |
| 2004.02.25 |
Much
ado about not much
VPA
Award Winner
|
Why are our elected
officials so interested in sex and Janet Jackson? |
| 2004.02.14 |
Wallowing
in debt
|
Federal deficits
and debt and how they affect states and localities |
| 2004.01.28 |
Sneaky
retreats
|
Do our school board
and supervisors really need to go on retreats? |
| 2004.01.10 |
New
‘Best of’ categories
|
The success of
Republican women and other “bests” |
| 2003.12.24 |
Glitter
may hide dross
|
Suspicious
Christmas gifts from Bush and some locals |
| 2003.12.13 |
Flaws
of home-schooling
|
Problems with
home-schooling and state regulations of it |
| 2003.11.26 |
Stripping
politics naked
|
Democratic appeal
to the Southern white voter |
| 2003.11.08 |
Uncontested
elections a sham
|
The results of
uncontested elections and incumbency |
| 2003.10.22 |
Passive
democracy, yawn
|
The lost art of
political campaigning |
| 2003.10.11 |
Oxymoron:
Cox Communications
VPA
Award Winner
|
On Cox’s lame
performance after Isabel |
| 2003.09.24 |
Hurricane
wake-up calls
|
On surviving
Hurricane Isabel |
| 2003.09.17 |
Superior
academics must have priority
VPA
Award Winner
|
Accreditation
considerations for the College of William &
Mary |
| 2003.08.27 |
Hooters
is harmless
VPA
Award Winner
|
Why Hooters should
come to Williamsburg |
| 2003.08.09 |
Skip
the platitudes, please
|
Local pols must
forget the slogans and get down to specifics |
| 2003.07.23 |
Erosion
of civil rights
|
Local librarians
fight vs. Patriot Act for the right to read |
| 2003.07.12 |
Dire
legacy of Jamestown
|
The Supreme Court
rectifies the problems inherited from Jamestown |
| 2003.06.25 |
Zen
at the rec center
|
Strange patrons at
the center and notes on the pool closing |
| 2003.06.14 |
Remember
the Democrats?
|
Why are Democrats
supporting Republicans? |
| 2003.05.28 |
Here’s
a real candidate
|
Elect Bill Tolbert
over Jost or Norment |
| 2003.05.10 |
Be
wary of politicalspeak
|
Political code
words and what they mean |
| 2003.04.23 |
Jost
shot himself in the foot
|
Problems for Jost
and Norment in the Republican primary |
| 2003.04.12 |
Rally
for whose America?
|
Whose idea of
America are we rallying for? |
| 2003.03.26 |
Our
rural beauty lost
|
Unwarranted growth
and development in James City |
| 2003.03.08 |
Why
they’re left behind
|
Problems with
standardized tests and proficiency benchmarks |
| 2003.02.26 |
Send
in the Clowns
|
Legislative
shenanigans in Richmond - 2003 |
| 2003.02.08 |
Budget
Ax Slashes Arts
|
On budgetary and
political suppression of the arts |
| 2003.01.22 |
Focus
on Major Issues
|
The importance of
major issues over social engineering in this
legislative session. |
| 2003.01.11 |
Oust
Kissinger as Chancellor
|
Henry Kissinger
should be removed as chancellor of William &
Mary |
| 2002.12.24 |
Educate
to Prevent AIDS
|
The problems of
dealing with AIDS on state an local levels |
| 2002.14.12 |
The
Politics of Party Switching
|
Party Switching and
Mike McGinty |
| 2002.11.27 |
Big
Brother Alive and Well
|
Loss of privacy as
a result of government snooping |
| 2002.11.09 |
Cutbacks
in Mental Health
|
No further cutbacks
for mental health facilities |
|
2002.10.23
|
Election
Blues
|
Uncontested
elections and a bad transportation referendum |
| 2002.10.12 |
Bad
Call on Concealed Weapons
|
Keep guns out of
parks, playgrounds and rec centers |
|
2002.09.25
|
Make
Amphitheater Plans Public
|
Renovations of the
Lake Matoaka Amphitheatre: cost and uses |
| 2002.09.14 |
Speeding
Along on Road to Ruin
|
Raising speed
limits on secondary and primary roads |
| 2002.08.28 |
Tax
Exemption Amendment
|
Real estate tax
exemptions for religious purposes |
| 2002.08.10 |
Good
Politicians Deserve Support
|
Political moderates
find themselves in difficulty |
| 2002.07.24 |
Vouchers
Harm Public Schools
|
Who gains and
suffers from a voucher system in Virginia? |
| 2002.07.13 |
Global
Warming Matters at Home
|
Is Williamsburg
suffering from the effects of global warming? |
| 2002.06.26 |
Revamp
the SOL Exams
|
Standards for the
SOLs should apply to questions too |
| 2002.06.08 |
Environmentalists
Beware of Plan
|
Beware of changes
to the 1997 Comprehensive Plan |
| 2002.05.22 |
Shape
up, Neighbor
|
Problems with
neighborhood architectural control boards |
| 2002.05.11 |
Williamsburg
should annex James City
|
Put all shared city
and county responsibilities under one political
umbrella |
| 2002.04.22 |
Put
up, before I’ll put out
|
Are uncontested
elections in the public interest? |
| 2002.04.13 |
Is
Road Referendum a Pig in the Poke?
|
An argument against
the transportation bond referendum in November
2002 |
| 2002.03.27 |
Do
We Need a Third High School?
|
A Technology Center
Might Be A Possible Alternative To A New High
School |
| 2002.03.09 |
Let’s
Put Athletics on the Table
|
Proposed William
& Mary Budget Cuts Not Applied Fairly |
| 2002.02.27 |
Tolerance
vs. Zero Tolerance
|
Discipline Issues
For WJCC School System |
| 2002.02.09 |
Bills
Focus on Wrong Things
|
General Assembly
Bills Do Not Address Real Education Issues |
| 2002.01.26 |
Keep
Hands Off Library Funding
|
Budget Cuts Would
Hit WMBG-JCC Library Hard |
| 2002.01.12 |
Bond
for the Community Good
|
Support for WJCC
Rec Center Expansion Bond Issue |
| 2001.12.22 |
Pother
over Potter
|
Harry Potter
Brouhaha and America’s Faith in Reason |
| 2001.12.01 |
Halpin’s
Resignation
|
JCC Democratic
Chairman Mike Halpin Resigns |
| 2001.11.14 |
Democratic
Victory?
|
Are the New
Democrats Really Old Republicans? |
| 2001.10.24 |
Spoiler
Upstages Debate
|
Rapp, Pettit, Ashe
and Stermer Debate for General Assembly Race |
| 2001.10.06 |
Tone
Down the Rhetoric of War
|
Jihad and the
Culture Wars |
| 2001.09.19 |
A
New York Moment
|
Recollections of
Pre 9/11 New York |
| 2001.08.22 |
A
Matter of Privacy
|
Stoplight Cameras,
Waiting Periods and Crimes Against Nature Law |
|
2001.07.25
|
Platform
for Democrats
|
SOL Testing,
Political Buzzwords & the Status of Virginia
Education |
| 2001.07.11 |
Strength
Causes Downfall
|
Del. George Grayson
Gerrymandered Out of Office |
| 2001.06.23 |
Tax
Cut Just Doesn’t Cut It
|
Rep. Jo Ann Davis’
Optimistic View of Federal Tax Relief Bill |