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‘Why is the tail wagging the dog?’

Why would you want the first thing that greets most people to Prince Edward County to be a ... Read more

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The challenge of climate change

Trofim Lysenko was in charge of agricultural affairs in Joseph Stalin’s USSR. His research was famously fraudulent (ex: ... Read more

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FDA rules keep docs in the dark

Should the federal government punish companies for telling the truth? Of course not. But the Food and Drug ... Read more

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Thankful for a scary situation gone right

My husband, Shane, and I were in Farmville during Labor Day weekend to visit his mom, Diane, a ... Read more

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‘Inequity and injustice’

I recently had the opportunity to review Prince Edward County Public Schools’ (PECPS) enrollment data for school years ... Read more

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‘The best energy solution’

I am writing responding to Jordan Miles’ May 12 article “Pipeline ‘endangers’ Union Hill.”  While in several areas we ... Read more

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Farm technology helps the world

The world’s population has been growing by roughly one billion people every decade since 1980 and is predicted ... Read more

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Making service a priority

Every year, more than 200,000 men and women leave the military and re-enter civilian life. These returning heroes ... Read more

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Explaining the Masons

I am the master of Burke Masonic Lodge. Master is the title we give to the person elected ... Read more

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The costs of higher education

According to U.S. Census Data, only 24.5 percent of people older than 25 in 1940 had completed high ... Read more