by James Ritch | Feb 7, 2021 | Opinion
Dear Editor: I am a retired resident of Accomack County that clearly falls within the Phase 1b category for obtaining a COVID-19 vaccination. Today, I called the only three places that I know of to get an appointment for a vaccination. I started by calling Riverside...
by James Ritch | Feb 7, 2021 | Opinion
Dear Editor: Your frequent contributor Ed Bishop might do well to temper his enthusiasm for our recent President with a review of the basic principle of American Government. The colonists were especially touchy about unrestrained executive power, what with their...
by James Ritch | Feb 7, 2021 | Opinion
Dear Editor: Uplifting a community takes a community. As it has been for over 3 decades the Eastern Shore’s Community Unity Day celebrated the legacy of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on his namesake holiday. The breaking of bread over a community breakfast was a...
by James Ritch | Jan 31, 2021 | Opinion
Dear Editor: If you look at Trump’s life and what he stood for in the past everyone liked him including most of the Democrats. He often donated to their election campaigns and everything was fine until that day he came down the escalator in 2015 and announced that he...
by James Ritch | Jan 31, 2021 | Opinion
Dear Editor: I submitted the following letter to the Accomack County School Board for the Jan. 19, 2021, meeting. Dear Board Members: I spoke at the Dec. 15, 2020, meeting in favor of high school sports. I presented data from a University of Wisconsin study that...
