Letter: Absolute, unequivocal balderdash (7/1/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: An open letter to the Honorable Wittman, Warner and Kaine. My son-in-law is a fine, religious, family, Navy man who now is, as of June 24th law, unable… …
Letter: We all need a hand sometimes (7/1/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Giving is easy. Receiving is hard. A case in point: When I was a literacy volunteer 25 years ago, my client was frustrated he was not allowed to… …
Letter: Everyone has been so kind (7/1/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: We want to express our heartfelt thanks to the entire community for the wonderful acts of kindness we have been shown since the fire at our business on… …
Letter: Something special at the museum (7/1/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: This Saturday, the nonprofit Mathews Historical Museum will celebrate the 4th with a special event—an outdoor hot dog and chili fest, a sale of new and donated items… …
Editorial: Give a hand to the bands (6/24/2020) - If you haven’t seen it yet, visit the Gloucester High School Marching Dukes’ page on Facebook and find the link to their YouTube video. In that video, the GHS band… …Letter: Now is the time to ‘let freedom ring’ (6/24/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Yesterday my second great-grandchild was born; his name is Chance and I have been pondering about his chance for success in our nation. For years we’ve said to… …
Letter: The red storm is coming (6/24/2020) - Politicians are sent to Washington to serve the people who elected them to enact and pass laws. Instead of compromising on important issues, they continue to decimate the rule of… …
Letter: A friendly reminder (6/24/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Hey, Mathews neighbors: This is a friendly reminder to please wear a mask when you go out. Don’t think of it as anything other than a way for… …
Letter: Why wasn’t Gen. Lee hanged as a traitor? (6/24/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: It is popular for our bull-horned street leaders to shout that Gen. Robert E. Lee was a traitor and all his generals and soldiers were too. Because they… …
Letter: Stealing history (6/24/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: For those of you who recall Dr. Seuss’s “How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” there is a similarity between the events unfolding in our world and this childhood tale.… …
Letter: A policy failure (6/24/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Economic statistics published by the government have descended to the level of pure propaganda. Outright distortions of government data present a picture that the average American is incapable… …
Letter: A thank you from the Teachers of the Year (6/24/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: We would like to express our thankfulness to the many local contributors who provided gifts to celebrate our recognition as “Teachers of the Year” at this past Mathews… …
Editorial: For the community (6/17/2020) - We need the police. Recent weeks have brought spasms of outrage in the United States, over police brutality, over racism, over lingering symbols of the Confederacy, and this period has… …
Editorial: Mosquito buster (6/17/2020) - A delight of summer is watching a field of corn growing, seemingly overnight, from tiny sprout to seven feet tall. Corn’s uses go far beyond fodder and cornbread. It may… …
Letter: A message of unity (6/17/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: First, the Mathews County Board of Supervisors extends a thank you to all county citizens as we have collaborated together to do everything possible to create a safe… …
Letter: Thanking the ‘Thin Blue Line’ (6/17/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: I was a soldier at one time, having served with the 82nd Airborne in Vietnam in 1968 during the Tet Offensive, and as such I know what combat… …
Letter: A neighborly gesture (6/17/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: The storefront of our Mathews Historical Museum on Main Street has a terrific new look, thanks to some community-minded citizens! In 2018, Diana and Chris McDonald bought their… …
Editorial: A job well done (6/11/2020) - Mathews High School graduation is done, and next up is GHS. The Dukes of 2020, regardless of COVID-19, will finish their incredible years of public education in a rolling wave… …
Editorial: More perfect (6/11/2020) - “To form a more perfect union”: An English teacher would jump on the modifiers: Perfect, the teacher would say, cannot be improved. Our Founding Fathers went beyond the grammar. They… …
Letter: Protests were inspirational (6/11/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Congratulations to the organizers and participants who brought about peaceful protests in Gloucester last week. The local support for the Black Lives Matter movement—and conveying the message that… …
Letter: What does rioting accomplish? (6/11/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: One watched with horror the destruction of American cities by torching, looting and mayhem. Yes, the murder of a black man, on the ground in handcuffs, by a… …
Letter: America in crisis (6/11/2020) - Editor, Gazette Journal: As we battle a global pandemic and face a national crisis from rioters and looters, we would all be wise to remember how important our educational system… …
Letter: Wishes for health, and justice (6/11/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: As many of our seniors, I too have been in a stay-at-home mode since March 12 (except for moving to a little house in Mathews Court House area).… …
Letter: Renewing hope for racial justice (6/11/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Over the past few days I have participated in four marches for racial justice—two in Gloucester, one in Middlesex, and one in Mathews. Each had its own personality,… …
Letter: A prayer for all of us (6/11/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: With the recent time we have just endured with fires and chaos engulfing our great cities, I would like to offer this prayer for us all. May we… …