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Mail Call - April 29
“Interesting story about the city and the utilities, the water and sewer. I cannot believe they let 402 people go without paying and then finally they levied down on them, and 218 paid up. That is irresponsible for anybody that can’t pay a...Tags: Civil Rights, Abraham Lincoln, Parties and Movements, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Interior Policy
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Mail Call - April 17
“I just can’t understand the Hagerstown City Council. They say they need more money to operate, but they just keep on spending the taxpayers’ money and then talk about raising taxes. This mayor and council is the worst that I can recall,...Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Annapolis, Firearms, Executive Branch
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West Virginia's birth detailed in Charles Town author's new book
richardb@herald-mail.comMany who have not studied West Virginia history believe it became a state in the middle of the Civil War because the people who lived in western Virginia objected to Virginia’s vote to secede from the Union. True for some, but the schism between...Tags: Abraham Lincoln, U.S. House of Representatives, Unions, Executive Branch, Politics
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Letters to the Editor - March 30
Celebrate commitment of farmers, ranchers every day To the editor: On March 19, the U.S. Department of Agriculture joined millions of Americans in celebrating National Agriculture Day. National Agriculture Day provides an important opportunity...Tags: Religion and Belief, Judaism, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Passover, Tom Vilsack
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Allan Powell: What can we learn from 'Little Dorrit?'
Hardly more than a year ago, I made my first contact with “Little Dorrit” when I read a newly published biography of Charles Dickens. Then, a friend, the late Robert Molten, bound several editions of Harper’s Magazine (1856) into three...Tags: Religion and Belief, Employees, Charles Dickens, Career and Workplace, Barack Obama
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Jump into U.S. history instead of skydiving
In colonial Virginia in 1654, a black man named John Casor became an answer to this trivia question: Who was the first man in the colonies to be legally declared a slave by the courts? But the more interesting trivia question concerns Anthony Johnson,...
Tags: John Hancock, Air and Aviation Sports, Skydiving, U.S. Congress, Sports
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Letters to the Editor - March 17
Lincoln most certainly would not be a Democrat To the editor: Screenwriter Tony Kushner, for the movie “Lincoln,” and Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of the book “Team of Rivals,” on which the movie was based, suggested that if...Tags: Tony Kushner, Abraham Lincoln, Environmental Issues, Agriculture, Politics
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Website chronicles lives of African-Americans in Civil War
Frederick News-PostIn May 1862, Robert Ford was captured by Confederate soldiers and sent to the officers’ jail in Richmond, Va., known as Libby Prison. A black resident of Frederick in his early 30s, Ford had been working as a teamster for the Union Army’s...Tags: Civil Rights, Justice and Rights, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), U.S. Department of the Treasury
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Allan Powell: When giants collide
Many of us are familiar with Jeffrey Toobin, a senior legal analyst for CNN who frequently interprets legal events. His sixth book, “The Oath: The Obama White House and the Supreme Court,” is further evidence of his skills as an analyst and...Tags: Political Fundraising, Religion and Belief, John Cornyn, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics
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Film review: Tarantino gives best film of 2012 with 'Django Unchained'
Special to the herald-MailIt's funny how beloved Quentin Tarantino is as a director despite the shortness of his filmography. Ignoring his work with television and contributions to anthology films (I'm willing to forget his awful segment of "Grindhouse" if you are), the man...Tags: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds (movie), Entertainment, Leonardo DiCaprio, Pulp Fiction (movie)
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'Lincoln' leads Golden Globe nominations with seven; 'Argo' receives five
Associated PressSteven Spielberg’s Civil War epic “Lincoln” led the Golden Globes on Thursday with seven nominations, among them best drama, best director for Spielberg and acting honors for Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field and Tommy Lee Jones. Tied for...Tags: Golden Globe Awards, Helen Hunt, Christoph Waltz, Alan Arkin, Daniel Day-Lewis
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Charles Town author finishes latest Civil War work
richardb@herald-mail.comThe American Civil War has been very good for a Charles Town author who, in the last six years, has been researching the area’s history for material for historical novels based on real people and real situations connected with that conflict. Bob...Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Authors, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Arts and Culture, George Washington
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