Letter: Where is the proof? (12/28/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: In regards to “A violation of trust” (Readers Write, Dec. 1, 2022), it never ceases to amaze me when an obviously erudite individual tries to convert his audience… …
Letter: An America trashed (12/28/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Consider how far we have come since Obama declared that he “wanted to fundamentally transform the United States of America”: —We have unrestrained immigration through our southern border… …
Letter: Thought police (12/28/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: This in response to a letter to the editor in a recent Gazette-Journal (“Returning Mathews to a friendly place,” Dec. 15 Readers Write). That letter in large part… …
Letter: Our ancestors compel us to do better (12/28/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: None of us chose our ancestors. I likely share DNA with many of the people debating the future of the Confederate monument in Mathews. The only example from… …
Letter: Governments lie (12/28/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: “All governments lie” was the rallying cry of the popular progressive journalist I.F. Stone. His words involving the veracity of government continue to be relative to today. Although… …
Letter: More on body parts (12/28/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Body parts history beyond anatomy is a timely perspective. Terri Schlichenmeyer’s book review of the Petras’ “A History of the World Through Body Parts” (Dec. 8 The Bookworm)… …
Letter: A wonderful day (12/28/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: On Sunday, Dec. 18, Newington Baptist Church had the Christmas cantata titled “On this Very Night” directed by our wonderful choir teacher Heather King. We had a full… …
Letter: A time for giving (12/21/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Why is Christmas a time for gift giving? God gave us His most precious gift—Himself. He became a human being, a baby, to reveal to the world who… …
Letter: Save money, find friends shopping close to home (12/21/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: You can shop locally and have a very merry festive Christmas. You can purchase your Christmas trees, wreaths, garlands and lights at M&M and say hello to friends… …
Letter: Fun at the library’s Open House (12/21/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Saturday, Dec. 10 was the Gloucester Public Library Open House. Santa and Mrs. Claus and many others were there. This was my first time going to the open… …
Letter: Greater is Coming! (12/21/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: On Sunday, Dec. 10, I had the pleasure of preaching at my church, Emmaus Baptist Church, North, where Rev. John Winston Redmond is the pastor. I am grateful… …
Letter: Neighbors helping neighbors (12/21/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: People Aging in Their Homes (PATH) held a festive Christmas party last week attended by nearly 70 people. The motto of this nonprofit consortium of Mathews neighbors is… …
Editorial: A random act (12/14/2022) - Random acts of kindness happen all the time. It’s especially touching to witness one this time of year. On Friday morning, a young mother with two small children in tow… …
Editorial: Politics of division (12/14/2022) - Republicans in the United States had great hopes of taking over Congress with a “red wave” that turned into a ripple on Election Day. Democrats gained a seat in the… …
Editorial: Politics of unity (12/14/2022) - Mathews County has attracted a lot of attention in recent months for the proposal to give a segment of the historic court green bearing the Confederate monument to a private… …
Please send us your Christmas thoughts (12/14/2022) - We would like to put politics in the closet and shut the door from now until the New Year. That may be impossible, but it leaves an opening for something… …
Letter: Returning Mathews to a friendly place (12/14/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: At the recent public hearing, several people asserted that the reason that unrest existed in Mathews County was the arrival of a bunch of liberals. This is incorrect.… …
Letter: Wake up Mathews (12/14/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: I would like to thank the Mathews Board of Supervisors for standing up for the history of Mathews County, and trying to preserve it. Approximately 88 local governments… …
Letter: Monument vs The Green (12/14/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Mathews, a microcosm of the nation, hosted a wonderfully raucous and spirited town hall. Passionate comments directed toward saving our “green space” upon which rests the revered historic… …
Letter: Trust and the monument (12/14/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: I attended the Dec. 6 public hearing at Mathews High School auditorium by the Mathews Board of Supervisors about the fate of the Confederate war memorial. I left… …
Letter: Why choose to live with eyes shut? (12/14/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: It amazes me how people choose to compete socially. My god over your god, my clan over your clan, my race over your race, my sexual orientation over… …
Editorial: A giving spirit (12/7/2022) - If you’re feeling downhearted about the fate of humanity, the increasing rancor of partisan political discourse, the rise in bigotry, hatred and the general malaise caused by cynicism and despair,… …
Editorial: And that’s a wrap (12/7/2022) - Whether your Spotify Wrapped top artist was Taylor Swift or John Mayer—or you’re simply happy that Christmas songs have made their annual return to the radio, 2022 is quickly coming… …
Letter: Blessed are the Peacemakers (12/7/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: The Civil War (1861-1865) was the biggest catastrophe this country has ever endured. It wiped out a generation of good men on both sides of the conflict. Mathews… …
Letter: Back to normal (12/7/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Dear Mathews Supervisors: Deeding the property to a newly formed corporation which has no qualifications or experience in safeguarding anything historic, let alone the main corner of the… …