by James Ritch | Jan 31, 2021 | Opinion
Dear Editor: If you look at Trump’s life and what he stood for in the past everyone liked him including most of the Democrats. He often donated to their election campaigns and everything was fine until that day he came down the escalator in 2015 and announced that he...
by James Ritch | Jan 31, 2021 | Opinion
Dear Editor: I would like to extend my gratitude and appreciation for all who helped bring the MLK Jr. Community Unity Day Celebration to WESR-FM. It was a wonderful hour with so many local voices contributing to the message of Unity here on the Shore. I know from...
by James Ritch | Jan 31, 2021 | Opinion
Dear Editor: I submitted the following letter to the Accomack County School Board for the Jan. 19, 2021, meeting. Dear Board Members: I spoke at the Dec. 15, 2020, meeting in favor of high school sports. I presented data from a University of Wisconsin study that...
by James Ritch | Jan 24, 2021 | Opinion
Dear Editor: There will no doubt be much commentary about the Jan. 6 events in D.C. These events should not come as a total surprise. This country has a long vein of bigotry that bubbles up to the surface periodically going back at least to the Know-Nothing movement...
by James Ritch | Jan 24, 2021 | Opinion
Dear Editor: Josef Goebbels would be proud of certain segments of the Republican Party that have adopted a fundamental [practice] of propaganda. Relentlessly repeat a lie and it becomes the truth (to a segment of those ignorant and gullible enough to believe it). If...
by James Ritch | Jan 24, 2021 | Opinion
Dear Editor: The break-in (orchestrated by only a small percentage of bad apples) was criminal and outrageous. Despite media sensationalism depicting it as a major riot, here is what I did see: • No wholesale violence • No obscene graffiti • No arson • No government...
