by Ted Shockley | Dec 25, 2022 | Opinion
Columns offering advice to the lovelorn have been appearing in newspapers since the 1890s. Intellectuals turn up their noses at such sentimental drivel, but we have a soft spot for drivel of all types so we’re going to give advice to the lovelorn a shot here in the...
by Ted Shockley | Dec 25, 2022 | Opinion
An advertisement in the Dec. 16, 1922, edition of the Accomac-based Peninsula Enterprise newspaper said Santa Claus did his shopping at the Ward and Kellam store in Belle Haven. Another Christmas advertisement, for Watts Brothers, the men’s clothier in Parksley,...
by Ted Shockley | Dec 19, 2022 | Opinion
BY BOB MCLAUGHLIN, guest columnist What a missed opportunity to protect our Eastern Shore beaches and the Chesapeake Bay. Rather than approve common-sense regulations as expected at its Dec. 6 meeting, the Virginia Marine Resources Commission approved a meaningless...
by Ted Shockley | Nov 14, 2022 | Opinion
BY TEVYA W. GRIFFIN It is with deep respect and excitement for our Northampton community that I reach out to share news about the progress that the Cape Charles Rosenwald School Restoration Initiative is making at the former Cape Charles Elementary. As many of you...
by James Ritch | Aug 19, 2022 | Opinion
To the editor: I write in response to the letter that questioned whether a certain legislative outcome would have differed, had senators prayed on the matter before voting. I wonder, did the authors consider the possibility that exactly such is what happened? Tom...
by James Ritch | Aug 19, 2022 | Opinion
Dear Editor: Jim and Donna Belote should not be surprised by the lack of prayer in Congress (“Senators should pray before they vote,” letters, Aug. 12). On June 28, 1787, at the Philadelphia Constitutional Convention, after almost five weeks of disagreement and little...
