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Letters to the EditorJuly 3, 2009
Letters to the EditorEditor Northern Virginia Daily Sir: Once again it is time to celebrate the Fourth of July or Independence Day, another name for it. When you get up that morning, take... July 1, 2009
LettersEditor Northern Virginia Daily Sir: Well, there he goes again, Dick Traczyk, friend of developers everywhere, pushing to spend money on something the county is losing money on. Not a... Reader OpinionFebruary 28, 2009
Some inaugural religionAmerican presidents have never neglected religion in their inaugural addresses. A survey of addresses by George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, George W. Bush and Barack Obama presents a wide range of presidential attitudes toward religion and the uses of religion in public life. Some inaugural religion December 8, 2008
From songs into stampsBy Charles A. Miller Take me out to the ball game ... It's the unofficial anthem of baseball. After "The Star-Spangled Banner" and "Happy Birthday," it's probably the song most... From songs into stamps Recent Comments* The School Board ducks* Letters * The health-care scrum * Obama engages Islam * The GM bankruptcy Contact UsE-mail: Editor John Horan |
July 1, 2009
Wading afresh into the legal thicket of racial preferences, the Supreme Court held Monday that white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., suffered discrimination when the city voided a promotion exam...June 27, 2009
The Warren County School Board was in an admittedly touchy spot about choosing a name for the county's new middle school. But in opting to call the renovated building "Warren County Middle School" the board dodged an important issue for the county: How will it finally acknowledge and offer some form of reckoning for its role in the fight over school integration?June 25, 2009
The protests and clashes continue in Iran although their scope and significance are shrouded by the government's determined efforts to restrict coverage of the mayhem.June 24, 2009
The deadly, horrid collision of two Metro subway cars on Monday hit home not only because of the TV coverage that blanketed the area but also because many of us have ridden the D.C. subway system.June 23, 2009
A challenge to the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was widely expected to be the most important ruling of the Supreme Court's term, but the justices instead sidestepped the question of its constitutionality.June 19, 2009
While President Obama decries the "wild risk-taking" and "lack of oversight" that precipitated the financial meltdown and its severe economic consequences, his remedy is more hodge-podge than systemic reform.June 17, 2009
The stepped-up debate about health-care reform heralds the beginning of congressional consideration of specific proposals.June 16, 2009
Hundreds of thousands of Iranians marched silently through the streets of Tehran on Monday in the largest antigovernment demonstration since the Islamic revolution deposed the shah in 1979.June 11, 2009
Although he was the first Democrat to enter the 2009 governor's race and had come within an eyelash of winning election as attorney general four years ago, state Sen. R. Creigh Deeds was quickly overshadowed by his flashier, better financed rivals.June 9, 2009
Don Blankenship, the chairman and CEO of Massey Energy, has long played an outsized role in West Virginia politics, generously contributing to candidates for the legislature and, most controversially, for the state Supreme Court.June 5, 2009
Wading into the thorny topic of U.S.-Islamic relations, President Obama on Thursday urged "a new beginning" to supplant festering suspicions with cooperation to extinguish extremist violence and cure religious divisions.June 4, 2009
Even as the United States moves to beef up its forces in Afghanistan to counter the resurgent Taliban, its tactics, especially airstrikes that result in civilian casualties, risk undermining crucial popular support.Columns
June 29, 2009
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Finally there's a part of the government's stimulus plan that benefits cheapskates. It's the so-called "Cash for Clunkers" program, better known as the Car Allowance and Rebate System.
June 27, 2009
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I was driving home last Sunday from a trip out of town when a huge gator showed me his teeth and then put the bite on me.
June 22, 2009
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Whew! Raising children was a big job. This was my first Father's Day in 26 years when I didn't officially have a kid.
June 20, 2009
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The black-and-white images were grainy -- in fact, downright lousy -- and the sound quality wasn't much better.
June 15, 2009
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After what seemed like a long interval, the news has been full of aviation accidents. In January, we saw video of a U.S. Airways jet landing in the Hudson River in New York after it ran into a flock of geese.
June 13, 2009
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For Bob McDonnell, Tuesday night's Democratic gubernatorial primary must have seemed like the best steak dinner he never got to eat.
June 8, 2009
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Somewhere last week, my Uncle Bill was looking down and shaking his head. On some level, I'm glad Bill didn't live long enough to see General Motors go into bankruptcy. He would not have been very happy about it.
June 6, 2009
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At first glance, the Overlord Arch seems out of place on the outskirts of Bedford. Looming into the sky, with the Blue Ridge Mountains behind it in the west, the arch looks like a piece of architecture from another world -- nothing like the quaint buildings in the city's downtown area or its quiet residential neighborhoods.
