Letter: Bring on the praetorian guard (3/4/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Ms. Thompson’s letter (“Bill much more than ‘childish whining,’” Feb. 27 Readers Write) provides Mr. Truman’s cautionary words involving heat in the kitchen with an added poignancy. I… …
Letter: Sheer stupidity and naiveté (3/4/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: March 3 marks the 102nd anniversary of the signing of the Brest-Litovsk Peace Treaty, ending Russia’s participation in The Great War (World War I) with Germany. The treaty,… …
Editorial: Going viral? (3/4/2020) - Is it overblown? Is it underestimated? As this is written, Americans have been warned that it’s a matter of when, not if, the new and menacing coronavirus will spread across… …
Letter: Appalled by the disrespect (3/4/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: I am appalled at the disrespect shown our Mathews County elected Treasurer and Commissioner of the Revenue by county supervisor Mike Rowe at the recent working meeting! Such… …
Letter: A cleaner Gloucester … perhaps perpetually (3/4/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: For those of you that have not had an opportunity to serve your great county you live in, do try either this spring or fall and volunteer with… …
Poem: Venus Rising (3/4/2020) - by Joe Sties, Bavon, Va. Fair star, beloved goddess of the skies, You rise to gild the evening and the dawn, And pierce the heavens with your treasured light, Bright… …
Editorial: Super Tuesday (2/26/2020) - By Wednesday morning, Americans may wake up to find there’s a clear frontrunner in the race to defeat President Donald Trump in November. Or, we may wake up that morning… …
Letter: Bill much more than ‘childish whining’ (2/26/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Regarding Andrew Maggard’s letter to the editor (“If you can’t stand the heat,” Feb. 20 Readers Write), the writer implies that HB 1627 being proposed in the General… …
Letter: Still interested in roadsides (2/26/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: In 1948 when I wrote this essay the state of Virginia made changes from my essay on how to keep Virginia green. They planted trees where necessary, cleaned… …
Letter: Concerns over illegal aliens (2/26/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: I share Mr. Burlingame’s concerns about the governor attempting to make our commonwealth a “sanctuary state” (“Northam turning Virginia into sanctuary state,” Feb. 20 Readers Write). Not only… …
Letter: A troubling courtroom experience (2/26/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: It’s not every day that an old woman gets thrown into the slammer over allegations about somebody else’s horses. So, I had a little faith as I sat… …
Editorial: A great idea (2/19/2020) - Our reader, Thomas M. Boyd, has put forward a great idea: “In the wake of the recent recognition of Irene Morgan’s … historic achievement, old Route 17, now named Hayes… …
Letter: Do you value life? (2/19/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: During the Holocaust, my grandmother helped feed Jews who were hiding in the woods of Belarus, Poland, because she valued life. My mother subscribed to Concerned Women for… …
Letter: Is this what is to be expected? (2/19/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: With the campaign promises of transparency and consideration of their citizens, many are looking for a change. This did not feel like the case at the last Mathews… …
Letter: Am I missing something? (2/19/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Looking toward Richmond, I’m asking myself, “Am I missing something?” Many are saying that by taking our guns, we’ll be better protected. Most mass shootings, especially the deadliest… …
Letter: Try observing Lent this year (2/19/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Many years ago, I attended a Catholic school and went to Mass many times. We only sang Catholic songs, because we thought Protestant hymns were too worldly. Much… …
Letter: If you can’t stand the heat (2/19/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: I recently encountered what I, at first, thought was a poor example of someone making a joke. No criticizing of government officials as serious legislation? Unfortunately, HB 1627… …
Letter: Northam turning Virginia into sanctuary state (2/19/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Gov. Ralph Northam is turning Virginia into a sanctuary state, slowly but surely. House Bill 19 removed the requirement for picture ID when voting. Northam is also attempting… …
Editorial: Who will step up? (2/12/2020) - A recent issue of the Gazette-Journal included a front-page story on the need for more volunteers to keep Mathews Market Days a part of the county’s calendar. That appeal brought… …
Editorial: Vindication…and the aftermath? (2/12/2020) - For President Trump, it was vindication, pure and simple. He tweeted about it as “our country’s VICTORY on the Impeachment Hoax.” Trump’s Democratic Party foes, he said, “have done everything… …
Letter: Rename road for Irene Morgan (2/12/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: In a recent ceremony at Hayes, a new, historic marker was unveiled. It commemorates the personal courage of a 27-year-old black woman, Irene Morgan, who, in 1944, boarded… …
Letter: Abhorrent and unacceptable (2/12/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Confucius was a Chinese philosopher many years ago who said a “picture is worth 1,000 words.” What the Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, did while the President… …
Letter: Your silence gives consent (2/12/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Mr. Bazzani’s eloquent letter about the removal of valedictorian and salutatorian from GCPS (“Dumbing down our schools,” Feb. 6 Readers Write) offered some good arguments against doing so,… …
Letter: The new America (2/12/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: I’d like to pass along some comments that I heard recently from Bill Maher and thought they were worth sharing, a little food for thought: When a country… …
Letter: A sincere thank you (2/12/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: A sincere thank you goes out to the deputy (deputies?) and trusties who cleared trash from the 1-2 mile section of Cedar Bush Road directly off Hickory Fork… …