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Mike Wilson: A story about namesakes
I was once told that I was named Michael after my mother’s favorite great uncle Mike Omar, who ...
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Frank Ruff: Horse before the cart
There is an old expression, “don’t put the cart before the horse”. Sadly, if one does, either the ...
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Mike Wilson: Scouting days
I loved Scouting. I “went the distance” from Cub Scout on the first day I was eligible to ...
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Judy Moore: Let’s talk about women in media
Since the mid 1800s, the progressive idea of women expressing their opinions and viewpoints took shape in many ...
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Frank Ruff Jr.: Understanding science and pressure science
I have written in the past that things would go much better in the General Assembly if every ...
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Mike Wilson: Lick Creek days: The bream rock
As a sexagenarian, I have lost almost all of my enthusiasm for baking outdoors in the summer midday ...
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Tommy Wright: Remember this November
When Republicans were given the majority in 2021, Virginians did so with the expectation that we would keep ...
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Mike Wilson: Vehicles I have known and not necessarily loved
There is an arresting and memorable image in “Sensation of Velocity,” a Vanguardist poem from the 1920’s by ...
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Letter to the Editor: The world will be what we make of it
Dear Editor, As I watched a recent airing of T.V. ‘s “Decades” recently, I found that this particular ...
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Mike Wilson: Here’s some variations on buck fever
I shot my first deer as an adult in Virginia about 35 years ago. When I was a ...