I am responding to last Sunday’s article titled “Bridge of Learning.”

Editorial cartoon, Feb. 7

» It’s a sad fact that charities are often the ones that really struggle during hard times.

I don’t boogie much. Nor do I shake my tail feathers, groove thing or money maker with any degree of frequency. In that regard, I’m much like students who follow the rules at Union Grove High School in Wisconsin.

In case we’re overlooking it, Lebanon’s officials (and almost all Arab media) are attacking the U.S. Congress’s new law that “scrambles” news broadcasts from terrorist networks.

In case we’re overlooking it, Lebanon’s officials (and almost all Arab media) are attacking the U.S. Congress’s new law that “scrambles” news broadcasts from terrorist networks.

The American people are tired, tired and broke. They just cannot longer afford the forced charity that is being rammed down their throats; the latest scam is enormous medical bills from the care of Haitians brought to the U.S. for advanced medical care.

On Jan. 23 I wrote a guest column explaining why giving away the town’s water and wastewater facilities was not a good idea. Compared to talking about annexation, that was like taking a walk in Yowell Meadow Park.

President Obama’s state of the union speech was reminiscent of Communist leaders’ speeches talking about freedoms in their country — when the truth was that their whole nation was a giant prison.

» A dog’s death, a student’s body finally being found and a former sheriff who took his own life

Editorial cartoon, February 6, 2010

I think the new police station should be named after two of Culpeper’s finest officers: The Culpeper Ford-Jamison Police Department. After all, they are what law enforcement was all about.

I am a married man with a house in Culpeper. I have a decent job and am in a good positon to buy a car.

How many of you good folks in Culpeper and surrounding areas are sick of snow?

I appreciate Sen. Edd Houck’s work on behalf of his district, including his efforts to inform the public of the state’s budget woes. I disagree with Sen. Houck when he says now is the time for a massive tax increase on personal automobiles (“Houck rips governor on state budget plan,” Jan. 30).

» The Madison County sheriff shouldn’t be supervising his wife in the first place.

Editorial cartoon, February 5

In the beginning, moving to Culpeper was a calculated escape from the Beltway, part of this man’s plan to improve my quality of life and enjoy the fruits of my newly discovered Camelot.

I would like to thank two gentlemen who helped me Jan. 31 when my tire pressure needed checking and my tires needed filling.

I find it astounding that a high school student is able to see with more clarity than the school division that is supposed to oversee her education.

The recent discussion and controversy surrounding the full-text version of the Diary of Ann Frank reminded me of the time when John Steinbeck’s popular novel, “The Grapes of Wrath,” was removed off the bookshelves in our local junior high school library in the 1970s in central Minnesota because of one “disturbing” scene at the end. 

The A.G. Richardson Elementary School Parent Teacher Organization would like to thank two local businesses, SWIFT and StellarOne, for their recent donations to our playground fund.

Editorial Cartoon Feb. 4

» Alas, friends and neighbors ... six more weeks of winter weather stand before us.

I am a senior at CCHS and the president of the National Honor Society chapter there, and I am utterly appalled at the school division’s announcement last week that it had “pulled” the full diary of Anne Frank from our public schools.

Men dressed in animal hides and feathers throwing boxes into the water in the middle of the night may have more economic prowess than our policymakers in D.C.

The community should not be required to provide help to those who won’t attempt to help themselves and weather the storm.

Editorial Cartoon Feb. 3

Thank goodness there is at least one politician with the common sense to recognize that in bad times you don’t cut taxes.

» Congrats to area students for a job well done in several fields.