Editorials and letters to the editor from the Comment section of the print edition of the Northern Virginia Daily are posted below.
Letters to the Editor
November 4, 2009
Letters
Editor Northern Virginia Daily Sir: H.R. 45 -- another czarist approach to socializing government. The bill is really about guns or no guns. If this legislation becomes law, we will all be adversely affected. Listen to the language. The sponsor...
October 31, 2009
Letters
Editor Northern Virginia Daily Sir: Who knows where Dennis Morris stands? He openly supported preservation of the old Shenandoah County Courthouse but at the last minute voted for a costly new one, doing so without regard to his constituents or...
E. Earl Keister, publisher, 1932-1972
Wm. E. Keister, publisher, 1972-1996
John F. Horan, editor
Bob Wooten, managing editor
Shenandoah Publishing House Inc.
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Bob McDonnell's convincing win in Tuesday's gubernatorial election is testament to the wisdom of running a focused campaign attuned to the basic concerns of voters.
The cancellation of the runoff election in Afghanistan gives Hamad Karzai a new term as president but with scant legitimacy in the eyes of his people and the world.
Laying down their marker in the health-care reform debate, House Democrats unveiled Thursday a legislative package touted as covering 96 percent of the population at a cost of $894 billion over 10 years.
For the first time since Congress pegged Social Security benefits to the cost of living 35 years ago, retirees won't see fatter monthly checks next year -- unless President Obama and Congress step in.
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