by Doug Thompson | Oct 29, 2020 | Politics
As the story I wrote for this week’s Floyd Press reveals, more than 40 percent of our county’s registered voters have already voted — most of them at the special early balloting locations at the courthouse in Floyd. The turnout should set a record...
by Doug Thompson | Mar 2, 2020 | Politics
Virginia joins several other states for Super Tuesday primaries that will select 1,357 delegates to those who will choose the Democratic nominee for president. The Democratic Party has 3,979 delegates who determine their national presidential nominating process and it...
by Doug Thompson | Jun 21, 2017 | Musings
Welcome to the Solstice, the longest day of the year and the “official” beginning of the summer season. In a culture dominated by calendar designations controlled by sales and promotions, most feel like summer has been upon us for a while. Memorial Day is...
by Doug Thompson | May 16, 2017 | Musings
Politics have, unfortunately, been part of my life for too long. I covered elections as a newspaperman, starting with local ones while working for The Floyd Press as a high school student, then state and national ones as a reporter for The Roanoke Times in the last...
by Doug Thompson | Jan 24, 2017 | Musings
For much of long and adventurous life, my chosen profession as a newspaper reporter and photographer has been an incredible way to make a living. The sad existence of bigotry and racism are defining reasons. As a youngster going to school in racially-divided...
