Best Picture (3/6/2025) - Though “Anora” won Best Picture at the 97th annual Academy Awards Sunday, the film was not the fan favorite among respondents of this week’s survey. We asked our Facebook followers… …Letter: Three options (3/6/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: The Ukraine situation is getting interesting. It seems there are three options: —Give Ukraine enough weapons and support to actually defeat Russia. This would involve nukes and powerful… …
Letter: Some facts for consideration (3/6/2025) - Editor, Gazette Journal: Some facts for consideration: There have been some crashes and near misses involving aircraft lately. Seems like perhaps Musk firing air traffic personnel may have contributed to… …
Letter: End the war now (3/6/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: In February 2022, a corrupt oligarchy (Russia) invaded another corrupt oligarchy (Ukraine). Russia started the war and is the cause of the conflict. In a just world, Russia… …
Letter: Are we prepared? (3/6/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: When Trump took office in 2017, one of the first things he did was dismantle the Pandemic Response Team. In 2020, the coronavirus hit and the U.S. was… …
Letter: Shame (3/6/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Shame, shame, shame. In my over 90 years, I have never been more ashamed of my country. President Trump proved, once again, that he is nothing more than… …
Letter: Doing nothing to stop it (3/6/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Congressional Republicans, are you watching the destruction of U.S. Department of Agriculture, which will likely cause food prices to go up, and saying nothing to stop it? Republican-imposed… …
Letter: Wittman doesn’t have your back (3/6/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Congressman Wittman does not have your back. Do you make less than $157,500? Your Congressman, Rob Wittman, just voted to raise your taxes on average by $790, according… …
Letter: I don’t get it (3/6/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: I don’t get it. Why should the federal government be immune from audit and review? Why are so many Democrats screaming about the actions undertaken by the Trump… …
Letter: Support Ukraine (3/6/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: In what boiling tarpit in Hades is it acceptable or appropriate that the current president invited Russian News Agency TASS into the Oval Office to observe and report… …
Letter: Dead talking points (3/6/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Today’s Democratic Party is in shambles and the people who continue to support it have no viable ideas. Instead, all I see and hear are the haters and… …
Preparing potatoes (2/26/2025) - February is National Potato Lover Month, so we asked on Facebook how people like their potatoes prepared. French fries took the number one spot with 35 percent of the vote,… …Editorial: Please stop shouting (2/26/2025) - We are not the only ones who are dismayed. Read this: “In today’s political climate, it seems that many have allowed their political views to define who they are rather… …
Letter: A tax-cutting measure (2/26/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Extra! Extra! Extra! Read all about it! While thousands of federal workers have been fired as a cost-cutting measure, Donald J. Trump has spent just under $11 million… …
Letter: Speak out! (2/26/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: To paraphrase the quote of German Lutheran Pastor Martin Niemöller, written during Hitler’s reign of terror and now inscribed on a wall in the Washington, D.C., Holocaust Memorial… …
Letter: Voter suppression (2/26/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act is an illegal attempt to suppress Americans’ votes, which is a core democratic value. It was co-sponsored by Rep. Rob Wittman… …
Letter: Protect Medicaid (2/26/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Among the many federal programs that are under scrutiny by the current administration, Medicaid, which covers 21 percent of the country’s population, is one that is quietly in… …
Letter: Right and wrong (2/26/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: I would like to ask the American people to put aside our political identities and consider questions of right and wrong. For example, is it right or wrong… …
Letter: Who shook the jar? (2/26/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Bathroom stall words of wisdom read recently in a Williamsburg eatery: If you collect 100 black ants and 100 fire ants and put them in a glass jar,… …
Letter: NARFE is a great resource (2/26/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Federal retirees or active federal employees living in the Gloucester/Mathews area looking for current information about health care, and retirement planning can find much useful information at the… …
Letter: Fearmongering (2/26/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Gosh, the Letters to the Editor are full of fearmongering, misinformation and sheer panic on part of a select few. Here are some facts that might put these… …
Letter: Thank you, Food Lion! (2/26/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: As a resident of Mathews County, I would like to commend our local Food Lion grocery store for its excellent service to the community. On the day before… …
Letter: Perfect days (2/26/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: I had two perfect days with my brother when he came to Virginia for a week. He surprised me in church on Feb. 8 as I was on… …
Editorial: Before (2/19/2025) - Over the weekend this part of Virginia watched consistent forecasts for deep snow. We have seen plenty of snowstorms over the years, and have had ample time to prepare. (And… …
P.S. Please tell us (2/19/2025) - We would welcome hearing your memories of the Covid pandemic: how it affected you, your family, your workplace, your way of life. Please feel free to send your thoughts to… …