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August 06, 2008
‘One and done’ sprawls past sports
There’s a cliché frequently heard during athletic tournaments. It’s “one and done.” The meaning is apparent – lose one game or match and the person or team, as the case may be, is eliminated from succeeding games or matches. Not surprisingly, “one and done” is spreading, I’m afraid, to elected offices and professions.August 03, 2008
Politicians don’t address problems
Al Gore got it right when he said, “I don’t remember a time in our country when so many things seemed to be going so wrong simultaneously.”August 02, 2008
Readers come to aid of itchy man
Today, nearly itch-free, I must thank the dozens of readers who stumbled upon last week’s columnAugust 01, 2008
Tell me how you avoided debt
I have seen story after story in the media about people who are deeply in debt.July 27, 2008
Flashbacks from another campaign
It’s an election between old and new.July 26, 2008
Yard trouble now blooms on me
I itch.July 25, 2008
Fire can’t destroy love
I understand why people’s picture of hell is fire.July 19, 2008
Lang Lang is welcome to tickle my ivories
When I read that Lang Lang would auction off his red Steinway grand piano to raise money for an earthquake relief fund, my first thought was this: How the heck did a panda learn to play piano?July 18, 2008
Proceeding with caution
I have a new addition at my house.July 12, 2008
Bottle rocket fuels happiness
The key to my happiness was missing.July 11, 2008
Helms’ power to divide endures
I wish I had been in Idaho when Jesse Helms died.July 04, 2008
Not the people’s war
Reporters in Iraq and Afghanistan are frustrated that the television networks and even print media are cutting back on their coverage of events.July 03, 2008
A different prospective
I’ll be up front – I don’t like or agree with the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down the Washington, D.C., handgun restriction law.June 28, 2008
Feel the power of felt
Kermit Love, a costume designer who helped create Sesame Street’s iconic Big Bird character, has died at the age of 91.June 27, 2008
HUNT: Beginnings and endings
I write this on the eve of a wedding. Our family is expanding to include a new bride. We will gain a member, and by extension, we will gain her family as well. I write this as another member of the family is dying.June 26, 2008
Questions for Landes, Fort Defiance
Recent statements made by an Augusta County high school principal and a county resident have a number of us scratching our heads.June 14, 2008
Shouldn’t have waived nail-gun coverage
Chances are, I will be shot in the head with a nail gun.June 13, 2008
Feeling good in the neighborhood
On a corner down the street from my house is an old house that has been cut up into apartments. They can’t be very large because, judging from the number of mail boxes on the front of the building, there are a lot of them. In back of the building and completely exposed to the street is a small patio. Every summer it is turned into a resort. It happened again this year.June 11, 2008
Lack of coverage on history in the making
OK, I’ll admit that the Shenandoah Valley, especially the lower part, is overwhelmingly conservative and politically Republican.June 08, 2008
Obama-Clinton not a dream ticket
Nobody listens to Jimmy Carter anymore, but once in a while, they should.June 07, 2008
Just say no to mooning
The following is a public service announcement.Farm Bill apologia
As a piece of fiction, The News Virginian’s May 20 editorial, “Goodlatte, peers rain farm folly,” doesn’t rise to the high standards of the “Wizard of Oz” on which it relies for its template.June 06, 2008
Leaving something for future generations
Some days I think I am living entirely off the contributions of previous generations.June 05, 2008
Finding blame for overgrown highways, roads
At first I blamed the tall weeds and grass along Virginia’s highways and roads on the continuous rain and cool temperatures this spring.May 30, 2008
Midwestern musings
Warren Buffett has been the most successful investor in recent history.May 28, 2008
An alternative option for higher education
Most minorities, as a rule, rarely have a choice in their ethnicity. Occasionally, one might be able to pass as a member of another race and as a result he or she is able to take advantages of opportunities available to them. But if you’re white, you can be a minority by choice.May 17, 2008
20 years of bliss (and no pepper spray)
On our 20th anniversary, my lovely, red-headed wife and I sat down and took an honest assessment of our relationship, how far we had come in our two decades together and what the future holds for a couple of crazy kids that everyone said would never make it.May 16, 2008
Scarlett O’Hara and foreign policy
I keep picturing Hillary Clinton as Scarlett O’Hara in that iconic scene in “Gone with the Wind.”May 14, 2008
What’s our logical alternative?
You know we’re in trouble when the state’s leading conservative newspaper, the Richmond Times-Dispatch, agrees with Gov. Timothy M. Kaine’s proposal to raise taxes to pay for Virginia’s transportation needs.May 13, 2008
