An Open Letter to E.W. Jackson

By Phyllis Randall Loudoun, VA Historians may disagree on who originally articulated the statement “Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.” Some credit this quote to Abraham Lincoln while others claim it was the wisdom of...

The Youth Vote: Key to Winning Elections

A letter to the editor of the Madison Eagle newspaper The Youth Vote: Key to Winning Elections This fall Virginia voters will go to the polls to elect a new governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general. Young voters, who were a key voting constituency in 2012,...