Editorials and letters to the editor from the Comment section of the print edition of the Northern Virginia Daily are posted below.
Letters to the Editor
March 20, 2010
Letters
Editor Northern Virginia Daily Sir: This past winter brought us record snowstorms and floods, continuing collapse of the housing market and partisan paralysis in Washington. I really look forward to March 20, the first day of spring, balmy weather, blooming...
March 18, 2010
Letters
Editor Northern Virginia Daily Sir: Contrary to Al VanDeGriek's devious statement (letter, Feb. 27 issue) that he cannot find contradictory research to his pro-condom views, there is ample scientific evidence showing that condoms are ineffective in preventing the transmission of...
E. Earl Keister, publisher, 1932-1972
Wm. E. Keister, publisher, 1972-1996
John F. Horan, editor
Bob Wooten, managing editor
Shenandoah Publishing House Inc.
Two development projects, one in Winchester and the other in Frederick County, failed this week to win exceptions to governmental designations meant to preserve historical structures and land. The effort to do so is probably not over, but there was at least the recognition that such protections mean something and should not be lightly discarded.
In a fit of "March madness" NCAA basketball can't touch, health-care reform approaches its denouement in Congress. House Democrats struggle to assemble a majority by wooing a relative handful of congressmen either averse to specific parts of the huge package or spooked at the prospect of risking their political careers on a bill unpopular with their constituents.
The collapse of Lehman Brothers was a pivotal event in the financial meltdown of 2008. Its bankruptcy, the largest in U.S. history, spooked markets and, amid fears of a cascade of bank failures, prompted the Bush administration to fashion a rescue of the nation's financial system.
Facing a $4 billion budget gap, the General Assembly went about its distasteful task expeditiously, adopting a $70 billion-plus, two-year spending plan Sunday, only a day late.
The settlement of a lawsuit between the city of Winchester and the Shenandoah Area Agency on Aging is a welcome development for both parties and senior citizens throughout the Northern Shenandoah Valley. The statements from both sides are hopeful signs that they can move beyond this breach with better communication and work together for the people who depend on the nonprofit's services.
The lack of bipartisanship in Washington has been widely noted and decried, but it has made a quick reappearance, thanks to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, of all people.
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