View From the Ridge
It’s Time for Change
Submitted By Kelli Grim, Candidate for Town Council
Abraham Lincoln, once said that nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power. Our sixteenth president was an ardent believer in that messy, creaking process we call democracy, both in its capacity to improve the human condition and… »
The sidewalk to nowhere
October 23, 2009
One of the observations of American culture in recent decades is that we seem to have thrown common sense out the window.
The problem the Howells have encountered recently is a perfect example of the wrong people being in positions of power, since they seem incapable of understanding how rules and regulations should be… »
Don’t Believe Everything You See
By Mark Dewey
April 10, 2009
Ting-Yi Oei, assistant principal at Freedom High School in South Riding, recently endured an ordeal that might serve as a cautionary tale about the ascendancy of image over text in modern culture. Is a picture really worth a thousand words anymore? Or has proliferation made them cheap and tawdry now? Both… »
Agro-Depot Lends a Hand
March 27, 2009
By Mark Dewey
This morning’s news left me pondering two different kinds of value, real and false—or maybe it’s two different kinds of people.
I read that Obama decided to give bankers $2 trillion to cover their bad debts—not all bankers, just the ones that tried to make money out of nothing and wound up… »
I Want Someone to Like
March 13, 2009
By Mark Dewey
During these hard times, when individuals, communities, and entire nations are forced to choose what they will keep and what they must let go, theater seems more generous than ever. For a couple of hours every night, stage actors set themselves aside, allowing characters who wouldn’t otherwise exist to inhabit their… »