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Columnist Dana Milbank of
The Washington Post, who recently bought a home in Rappahannock County, Virginia, has discovered the weekly
Rappahannock News, one of America's best small newspapers, and he sees it as a cure for what ails the nation:
"At a time when hooligans have hijacked the national discourse with disinformation and paranoia, the
Rappahannock News operates in a calmer place where the slow rhythms of rural life are newsworthy — and where, regardless of political views, its readers are unified by a powerful sense of community. In tiny Rappahannock County, the newspaper still serves as the hymnal of our civic religion. It’s a tradition that we need to rescue in rural America — and emulate in our cities."
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