Nothing More Odious Than Illiteracy as Policy

Is anyone else tired of stupid governing our politics?  Don’t we have better things to do?   One of the things that surprised me with the launch of the Fredericksburg Advance is that our politics are much more polarized than they were just 10 years ago.  The number of letters were few, but pointed enough to express shock […]

Sharing This Little Place Called ‘Home’

Just about everyone has seen the film Dead Poets Society.  The scene with John Keating, played by Robin Williams, instructing his students to rip out the pages that reduce poetry to mere mathematics is one of the more iconic moments in the film, with students relishing the opportunity to vandalize their books. Or more appropriately, pay the […]