We are feeling especially blessed at the Culpeper Food Closet this year.

I am writing in response to Mrs. Drown’s letter Thursday (“Consequences of a flawed world.”)

» As the nation tries to battle through the recession, it looks like travelers will be staying home for the holidays.

I would like to express my gratitude to a number of people who helped the Floyd T. Binns London Ambassadors with their spaghetti dinner/jazz music night Oct. 24.

Major Nidal Malik Hasan, the 39-year-old Virginia-born psychiatrist who opened fire on his fellow soldiers at Fort Hood, started his holy war preparation in September when he bought a Belgian-made FN Herstal Five-Seven tactical pistol and a .357 Magnum with a laser sight.

Editorial Cartoon Nov. 10

I am responding to Friday’s letter by Janet Zaso in favor of the single-payer, government-run public option.

As this paper hit your porch, my wife was starting another day of work at an annual conference. And if all goes well this week, no one will ever know she was there.

Readying to slink off into the night, Gov. Tim Kaine continues to bustle about the business of securing future employment.

I have recently become very annoyed with some of the sheriff’s deputies of Culpeper County.

» It’s good to see charges brought in the spring 2009 fatality on Route 3, but it seems like a tough case to win for prosecutors.

Editorial Cartoon Nov. 9

Please allow me to offer hearty congratulations to Del. Ed Scott for his resounding victory in the recent election. It well reflected the outstanding representation he continues to provide for the 30th House District.

How preposterous does “editorial columnist” Robert Legge have to be to warrant scrutiny from the Star-Exponent’s “editorial board”? His expose Thursday of the local banking industry (“Overdraft charges have banks turning small misfortunes into gold”) certainly surpasses his “insider” analysis of the National Rifle Association published last spring.

Over the years I have written a number of articles that have been critical of the global oil industry and the “Seven Sisters” in particular. I have been especially concerned with what I consider to be their predatory pricing policies.

The Culpeper Department of Social Services is experiencing a 49 percent increase in the number of people walking through our doors since this time last year due to the unprecedented downturn in the economy and the resulting recession.

» Seeking state bonds for CCHS renovation a good move by CCPS; congrats to CCHS and EVHS students who won Advance Placement recognition, and its good to see high school graduation rates improve in Culpeper.

Editorial cartoon, November 8

What is the government going to be hoodwinked into next?

I have been following the recent articles in the news about the old State Theatre. It would be nice to see this building renovated, but not with tax dollars.

It was a good day at work. I wasn’t eaten by a lion.

November brings the end to a successful growing season for the first Culpeper Community Garden. Thirty families and many individuals worked 27 plots. They harvested nearly a ton of fresh produce.

» An excellent joint effort by law enforcement agencies led to a quick capture in Wednesday’s shooting at West Side Grocery.

Editorial cartoon, November 7

My family supports a real, government-run, single-payer public option. No triggers, no cooperatives. Let’s finally get this thing done right!

Veterans Day observance has evolved over the years. In recognition of military service members’ sacrifices, let’s take time this year to pay appropriate homage to our veterans who have contributed so much to the preservation of this nation.

As I stepped outside to begin my trek home to Orange, the scent of french fries reached out, as if to hook its magical McFingers under my nostrils. This is the struggle I face every day in my quest to continue losing weight and getting healthy.

A short while back I had published in this newspaper my concerns regarding the nonsensical loan being made to the State Theatre Foundation for continued restoration.

» We’re sad to see his Haunted Woods come to an end. But maybe the Halloween tradition can live on in a new incarnation.

Editorial cartoon, November 6