Opinion - Royal Examiner (2024)

Father, Son Give Insightful Review of TempleGrandin

I rarely get personal with my articles, but this week’s subject resonates with me. One of the hardest days of ...

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Celebrating the Essential Role of School Libraries and Teacher-Librarians in Our Community

This past year, we’ve heard about libraries being battlegrounds. In Virginia alone, books have been removed from the shelves of ...

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Presidential Competence in an Age of Instantaneous Interaction andDecisiveness

A bombshell was dropped last month when Department of Justice Special Counsel Robert Hur released his findings on President Joe ...

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History of American Political Parties, Part X: The GildedAge

For many, the Gilded Age (1877-1900) is the most boring part of political history. All the presidents were bearded white ...

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EDA Treasurer Urges Strategic Reflection on County Economic Choices

I serve as the treasurer of the Front Royal-Warren County EDA. I’ve received a number of calls and questions about ...

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Deliberating the Constitutionality of Presidential BallotRestrictions

An amendment meant to keep ex-Confederates from holding office after the Civil War is once again coming into play as ...

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Reviving Cursive Writing: Unlocking History and Opportunities for Future Generations

Following up on the Royal Examiner article on the resurgence of teaching cursive handwriting in schools, it’s a good thing ...

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Response to Mr. Gough Regarding the Catholic Sex Abuse Scandal and Overdue Parish Expansion

Mr. Gough’s zeal is admirable, but his grasp of the facts is not. I wish that more people cared about ...

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Correcting Misconceptions: A Defense of the Diocese of Arlington’s Integrity and Contributions

In response to this published letter to the editor, the writer is misinformed and very much off base. Had they ...

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County Urged to Deny Archdiocese Expansion While Faith Struggles with Accountability

The Archdiocese of Arlington is proposing a new facility in Front Royal despite 37 archdioceses in America declaring bankruptcy to ...

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VIEWPOINT: Celebrating Easter Holistically

“I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” (John 14:6) ...

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‘You Were Always Mom’s Favorite:’ A Historic Tribute to TommySmothers

When I was in college back in the 1990s, I like so many other students began getting my political commentary ...

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No Virginia, “Climate Change” Did Not Cause the Wildfires

Thank you for printing the “Fires Blaze Across 7,500 Acres in Various Virginia Regions” article from the Virginia Mercury news ...

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The Law Defines the Lanes of School Board’s in Virginia

The School Board Member Alliance of Virginia (SBMA) is a dedicated organization for Virginia’s school board members, aiming to enhance ...

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Commentary: A New Dawn for a Historic Railroad

One exciting aspect of the Shenandoah Rail Trail project is the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to preserve and protect an intact historic ...

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Commentary: The “Meet and Speak” Challenge

Imagine seeing virtually everyone in town getting out of their cars, houses, and businesses on the same day and at ...

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Thankful For Our Public Works Department

I am often reminded of a challenge by my late father to always “thank those whose profession requires dirt under ...

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Preservationism in Front Royal: Un-Rig the System and We All Win

Small-town America is going extinct. Revitalization can no longer just be a buzzword; it must be a slew of actions ...

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Some Facts Behind the Current Zoning Drama

Do we want to encourage visionary local entrepreneurs to invest in Front Royal, or do we want to drive them ...

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Examining the Ethical Implications of Public Service Roles: A Call for Trust and Due Process

I suppose one could argue that serving on a school board (my district) as a homeschooler could have ethical implications ...

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Dual Roles: Double Trouble for Our Community

There are many ways to say that history repeats itself. George Santayana’s words may be the best well-known: “Those who ...

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Daydream Believer

I often daydream. As I attempt to rest and reset my mind and heart, I fantasize at what many chuckle ...

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History of American Political Parties, Part IX: The Politics of War

1854 began the destruction of the Second American Party System. When Democrats fought to accept Kansas as a slave state, ...

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Andrew Jackson, Teddy Roosevelt, Hillary Clinton and the Watergate Scandal: An Brief, Annotated History of Campaign Finance

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom ...

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VIEWPOINT: Christmas Choices, Celebration, and Expanding the Beachhead

To (Jesus) who loves us and has freed us from our sins by His blood, and has made us to ...

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Three Ways to Turn Holidays Into Your Favorite Time of Year (And Three Survival Tactics if They’re Not)

3 ways to turn holidays into your favorite time of year (and 3 survival tactics if they’re not) When was ...

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Visions of Sugar Plums

While soldiers of Ukraine lie in the mud, in the blood and the ice-cold trenches of Ukraine, fighting for the ...

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A Reasonable Service

Besides the many commandments in the Torah instructing us to love our fellow man, there is also an explicit commandment ...

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History of American Political Parties, History of Politics Part VIII: The Politics of Slavery

By the 1850s America was in the middle of the Second American Party System of Democrats and Whigs. The two ...

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Palestinian Leadership

In grad school, one of the hardest parts of studying the Israel/Palestine issue was trying to understand who led the ...

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