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Columns

Write Again . . . The essence of democracy

When I began this column-writing endeavor — resumed, really — after an almost two-decade hiatus, back in December of 2010, I promised myself to refrain ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Monday, November 16, 2015 3:42 pm

Columns

Write Again . . . When the harmony ends

It started for me in 1949. A young man, who had come to Washington to become the choral director at the high school, took a ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Monday, November 9, 2015 5:46 pm

Columns

Write Again … ‘Forgotten with the rest’

We are born. We live. And then we die. Oh my, Bartow. What wisdom you impart. Such profundity. Alright. I hear you. I get what ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Monday, November 2, 2015 5:38 pm

Columns

Write Again . . . A little local history

This paper that you’re holding, friends, has been around awhile. Since 1909, to be precise. That seems a long time ago. The Washington Daily News ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Monday, October 26, 2015 3:17 pm

Columns

Write Again . . . ‘Things will come right’

It’s fair to say that one of our county’s towns has received an unusually heavy amount of publicity over the past several years. Of course ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Monday, October 19, 2015 5:45 pm

Columns

Write Again…A good wife who can find?

Should Divine Providence so decree, my Wonderful First Wife and I will mark 100 years of unsurpassed marital bliss come October 16. One hundred years?  ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Monday, October 12, 2015 6:21 pm

Columns

Write Again . . . It’s her favorite place

Today’s guest columnist is Sarah Lindsay Dimonekas, an eighth grader at Middlesex Middle School in Darien, Connecticut. Lindsay is the daughter of Sarah and James ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Monday, October 5, 2015 7:56 pm

Columns

Write Again . . . The diary of a soldier

“1864 “It was the last full year of the war and First Sgt. William H. Fitzgerald, F Company, First North Carolina Cavalry, had obtained an ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Monday, September 28, 2015 4:42 pm

Columns

Write Again . . . “A heart needs healing”

Our younger daughter, Mary Bart, sent us this email Friday, Sept. 11. About what she wrote I need comment not at all. She wrote: “Sometimes ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Monday, September 21, 2015 5:52 pm

Columns

Write Again . . . The ‘Liberation Trilogy’

Thanks to my friend and fellow World War II history buff, Dick Leach, I recently had perhaps the best extended period of reading I’ve ever ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Monday, September 14, 2015 3:38 pm

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