by James Ritch | Jan 24, 2021 | Opinion
Dear Editor: When John Schoolfield came home to the Eastern Shore after his six-year fight against the authoritarian dictates of Adolf Hitler in WWII, he was a changed man. Indeed after watching Hitler attack the free press and demonize journalists, my father made the...
by James Ritch | Jan 10, 2021 | Opinion
Dear Editor: My thanks to Charles Landis of Onancock for his response in the Dec. 25 issue of the ES Post on the subject of the Electoral College (EC). I would only point out that the sole purpose of the EC is to select the best persons for the offices of the...
by James Ritch | Jan 10, 2021 | Opinion
Dear Editor: We are bombarded everyday by the grim numbers regarding Covid. I do not think they are presented in the proper context. The state numbers should be presented in terms of cases per thousand of population, hospitalizations per thousand and deaths per...
by James Ritch | Jan 10, 2021 | Opinion
Dear Editor: In less than a month, the grifter/carnival barker who currently occupies the Oval Office will be leaving. What he has done since losing the free and fair election in November (supported as such by his once-favorite lapdog Bill Barr) is to show that he...
by James Ritch | Jan 10, 2021 | Opinion
Dear Editor: I have always been taught when you know better, you should do better. This lesson also applies to history. The 1,000s of (Confederate) memorials across the United States were the result of efforts by White Southerners and a few Northerners with clear...
