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Life in No Man’s Land

Dear Editor, We have been trying to get out our message to our fellow Virginians and many like us. All things mentioned in this letter to the…

Words Change

It seems like every day I am being told I cannot use a word or that the meaning of a word has changed or that yesterday’s perfectly…

A Newsletter About the Virus

  Dear Editor, The virus is getting very personal to me.  Three of my friends who worked in Prince Edward County have recently died from the virus. …

Minimum Minimum Wage

Dear Editor, United States Navy… enlisted pay per month…. E1-$123.30 (in) 1968. Based on 30-day month for all…720 hours per month. $123.30 divided by 720=.0185 cents per…

Immigration

I just had a few random thoughts I’d like to share.  Keep in mind I am not taking a stand on this. I am seeking information and…

Our Wonderful Constitution

I keep hearing poorly educated radicals claiming our founding fathers wrote our constitution to “protect their own positions and their privilege.” What were the motives of the…

Importing Poverty

According to our statistics, America’s poverty rate in 2019 was 10.5 percent, down 1.3 percentage points from 11.8 percent in 2018. This is the fifth consecutive annual decline in poverty.…

Gas Prices and Minimum Wage

Last week a reader wrote to inform me my facts were incorrect regarding gas prices in 1970.  First, thanks for keeping me on my toes. I love…

Prognosis: Pain. Massive Pain.

Dear Editor: Just two weeks into the new Admin., nearly 50 Executive Orders and Memos have been signed. Congress?  Nothing passed. When I look those 50 over,…

Minimum Wage

Dear Editor, In a letter to the editor last week, L.K. Kennedy stated that your article on minimum wage “was extremely misleading, full of false information,” but…