Newspaper Takes ‘Democrat’ Out of Name

The Faquier Times-Democrat announced in an editorial that it would no longer use the word “Democrat” in its name.

“In an age which is, perhaps, more shaped and informed by political identity than any other in our history, having a word in our banner that is so associated with a political party is no longer a very astute business decision. The same could be said if, for the last 24-plus years, we had been the Fauquier Times-Republican.”