by James Ritch | Apr 13, 2022 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – The Eastern Shore of Virginia Chamber of Commerce, which has recently merged with the Northampton County Chamber of Commerce, hosted the spring Eggs & Issues breakfast and political forum at the Club Car Cafe in Parksley April 7, emphasizing...
by James Ritch | Jan 24, 2021 | Opinion
Dear Editor: The break-in (orchestrated by only a small percentage of bad apples) was criminal and outrageous. Despite media sensationalism depicting it as a major riot, here is what I did see: • No wholesale violence • No obscene graffiti • No arson • No government...
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 | Dec 24, 2020 | Opinion
Dear Editor: President Martin Van Buren was rudely nicknamed “His Rotundency” by his detractors because of his ample waist. Likewise, John Tyler was derisively referred to as “His Accidency,” upon his ascendance to the presidency following William Henry Harrison’s...
by James Ritch | Dec 24, 2020 | Opinion
Dear Editor: In light of the results of the presidential elections of 2016 and 2020 there has come a call in the national media to abandon the Electoral College as confused and outdated, while adopting presidential election by direct popular vote. This idea was...
