by James Ritch | Dec 27, 2020 | Opinion
Dear Editor: This responds to the op-ed of Brian Bloedel, Eastern Shore Post. Dec. 18, 2020, “Electoral College is Broken.” Word count policy of ES Post does not permit full response to Mr. Bloedel’s misunderstanding of founders intent, the Constitution, and the...
by James Ritch | Dec 27, 2020 | Opinion
Dear Editor: Our United Way fundraising campaign is ongoing. As you are well aware, the pandemic has created loss of income for a lot of our residents. Most charities have seen significant increases in the number of people who require assistance. At the same time,...
by James Ritch | Dec 27, 2020 | Opinion
Dear Editor: I want to express my disappointment that the Northampton Board of Supervisors has continued to lack the will to address the Confederate statue in downtown Eastville. Statues in public places should celebrate people and events which we can take pride in,...
by James Ritch | Dec 27, 2020 | Opinion
Dear Editor: Kirk Mariner’s legacy to the Eastern Shore of Virginia Regional Library and Heritage Center has brightened the end of 2020 at a time when we need such good news. Bequeathing his collection, Frances Bibbins Latimer’s collection documenting four centuries...
by James Ritch | Dec 24, 2020 | Opinion
Dear Editor: President Martin Van Buren was rudely nicknamed “His Rotundency” by his detractors because of his ample waist. Likewise, John Tyler was derisively referred to as “His Accidency,” upon his ascendance to the presidency following William Henry Harrison’s...
by James Ritch | Dec 24, 2020 | Opinion
Dear Editor: In light of the results of the presidential elections of 2016 and 2020 there has come a call in the national media to abandon the Electoral College as confused and outdated, while adopting presidential election by direct popular vote. This idea was...
