Editorial: A defining issue (5/7/2025) - For good or ill (and maybe a little bit of both), the tolls are coming off. The impact of this change will go beyond dollars and cents to motorists. The… …
Toll removal (5/7/2025) - Tolls on the George P. Coleman Memorial Bridge are set to be removed by the end of the year, now that Gov. Glenn Youngkin has signed the state budget into… …Letter: Thank mothers (5/7/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: On Jan. 22, 1973, the Supreme Court made the Roe v Wade decision that allowed each pregnant woman to continue the pregnancy and give life or have an… …
Letter: Power corrupts (5/7/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: I recently wrote that sincere Democrats need to change their party’s leadership for embracing elements of ideologies antithetical to liberty; progressivism, socialism and Marxism. Historically, all three result… …
Letter: Is this a ‘Golden Age’? (5/7/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: President Trump has promised that his administration will bring a “Golden Age” to America. A “Golden Age” is considered by most to be one of peace, prosperity and… …
Letter: Americans first (5/7/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: President Trump signed an Executive Order on May 5th to bring the manufacturing of prescription drugs back home to the USA. Through this order, the United States Food… …
Letter: Sears for governor (5/7/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Virginia will elect its first female Governor in November. The choice is clear. Virginians must elect Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears. Congresswoman Spanberger is a wolf in sheep’s clothing.… …
Editorial: Dunmore’s first outrage (4/30/2025) - He did what?? Virginia’s colonists—especially those in and around Williamsburg, because it took a while for word to spread in those days—were buzzing in anger 250 years ago. Their royal… …
Editorial: To our readers (4/30/2025) - Mysterious troubles in our press forced us to produce the Gazette-Journal at the Lee Enterprises printing plant in Mechanicsville for the past month. This week, after extensive repairs and with… …
Home addition (4/30/2025) - As home improvement season approaches as the weather warms, we asked our Facebook followers what addition to their home they would like to make. Answers included a sunroom, library, office,… …Letter: Thank you, MCSO (4/30/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: On Saturday, April 19, a group of 50 citizens gathered at Liberty Square, along the road, to protest the current administration’s blatant abuse of our rights and his… …
Letter: Department of Government Inefficiency (4/30/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: It’s called the Department of Government Efficiency but it might be time to rename it the Department of Government Inefficiency. Let’s start with the IRS; they’re already expecting… …
Editorial: A difficult budget season (4/23/2025) - Every spring, officials in Gloucester, Mathews and counties across the commonwealth roll up their sleeves, and crunch the numbers to come up with funding for the coming year. This year,… …
Favorite poets (4/23/2025) - In honor of National Poetry Month, we asked our Facebook followers about their favorite poet. The vote was very split with Maya Angelou, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost and Edgar Allan… …Letter: Rogues in robes (4/23/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Thomas Jefferson stated that judicial tyranny made the Constitution “a thing of wax.” This warning seems particularly relevant today as leftist judges attempt to turn President Donald Trump… …
Letter: DEI, what is it? (4/23/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: So, the big threat to America is Diversity, Equality, Inclusion (DEI)? DEI is a guiding principle to ensure all Americans have equal rights and opportunities. That sounds like… …
Letter: Stunning hypocrisy (4/23/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Since the election, Democrats have demonstrated the extremely self-destructive quality of unfettered rage in adopting anti-free speech, anti-labor, anti-immigrant, and even anti-environmental positions to channel hatred toward Trump… …
Editorial: Press freedom and Gloucester County (4/16/2025) - Did you know that the first attempt at a free press in Virginia took place here, in Gloucester County, 342 years ago? In 1682, John Buckner, a Gloucester County businessman… …
What’s your favorite Easter candy? (4/16/2025) - We posed this question on our Facebook page looking ahead to the Easter holiday, which will be observed Sunday. Nearly half of respondents indicated that peanut butter eggs were their… …Letter: Love your neighbor (4/16/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: I am dismayed that a recent letter to the editor encouraged readers to see their neighbors as the enemy (“What they think,” March 13 Readers Write). The social… …
Letter: Excellent treatment (4/16/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: My husband suffered a medical emergency and was admitted into Riverside Walter Reed Hospital. From the time he was admitted until the day of discharge, we were treated… …
Letter: The loss of ideals (4/16/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: In this time of governmental change, it’s the loss of ideals that hits me hardest. Our government was built on ideals expressed in the Constitution, and I was… …
Letter: The Ukraine situation (4/16/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: The Ukraine/Russia conflict is terrible all the way around. Nearly 1 million killed on both sides (Wall Street Journal), and many thousands displaced. Ukrainians have suffered before from… …
Letter: Time for DOE to go (4/16/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Trump has signed an Executive Order to dismantle the Department of Education. This is his attempt to cut waste and restructure our education system. DOE was created in… …
Editorial: Thank you for writing (4/9/2025) - Every week, we run a box (see this page) with guidelines on writing letters to the editor. If you’re thinking of writing a letter, please take the time to review… …