Column: New federal rule puts Virginians’ retirement at risk
This year, about 280 Virginians will turn 65 every day, according to estimates based on Census Bureau data. While this is a momentous milestone worthy of celebration, many of these individuals are...
View ArticleEditorial: Democrats fail to follow through on campaign finance reform promises
Coming into this legislative session, hopes were high that a Democratic majority would follow through on promises to enact substantive reform of Virginia’s campaign finance rules, imposing contribution...
View ArticleLetters for Feb. 23: Gov. Glenn Youngkin must sign gun safety legislation if...
Gun legislation Gov. Glenn Youngkin leveraged “parental rights” as the political talking point that catapulted him to victory in 2021. One wonders if he has abandoned parents now. Virginia’s parents...
View ArticleColumn: Virginia can again lead the movement to end child marriage
Child marriage is probably one of the last topics on Virginians’ minds these days. But as a Virginia resident and as someone who serves people threatened with forced and child marriage every day, this...
View ArticleEditorial: Aid still needed as Ukraine marks the anniversary of Russia’s...
What will it take for Republican members of Congress to recognize the threat to our national security and to global stability posed by Russian aggression in Ukraine? The largest European conflict since...
View ArticleLetters for Feb. 24: Republicans must stand up and send former President...
Stand up The Cold War with Russia began in 1947 after World War II. Former Premier of the Soviet Union Nikita Khrushchev in 1956 in an address to the U.S. stated, “We will bury you.” Recall the Cuban...
View ArticleColumn: It’s time to ask if patriotism has lost its way
Patriotism is love of country, and it can be a very positive force. But as our nation becomes more polarized and patriotism is used by some as a litmus test to judge and quickly condemn others, it...
View ArticleColumn: Is America still the indispensable nation?
Back in 1998, Madeleine Albright, then the secretary of state, called the United States the “indispensable nation.” She meant that this country, armed with unmatchable force and influence, stood at the...
View ArticleEditorial: Funding for ODU-EVMS merger is a Hampton Roads necessity
The House and Senate approved budget plans this week and will begin the process of hashing out the details between the two. One item included in both promises to deliver transformational change for...
View ArticleLetters for Feb. 25: If zoning laws are flawed, there must be a streamlined...
Government Re “Tax cut idea” (Your Views, Feb. 21) and “Hampton CrossFit company — barred from outdoor workouts in Buckroe — takes its business to Fort Monroe” (Feb. 20): The letter opposes a tax cut...
View ArticleColumns: As PFAS clean-up costs rise, accountability lacking
Military bases in Hampton Roads recently announced investigations into pollution of public water supplies caused by the U.S. Defense Department’s use of firefighting foam laced with chemicals linked to...
View ArticleColumn: Failed menhaden study bill betrays the bay
As spring fishing season approaches, we are reminded it has been a tough few years for the mighty Menhaden — the most important fish in the Chesapeake Bay — and those who try to protect them. Menhaden...
View ArticleColumn: Virginia, don’t further complicate veterans’ disability benefits
When I retired from the Air Force nearly 20 years ago and settled in Virginia, I did what many friends did and filed for Veterans Administration (VA) disability, having suffered from injuries during 22...
View ArticleLetters for Feb. 26: Let’s amend the Constitution to only appoint Supreme...
Supreme Court Lifetime appointments to the Supreme Court are a tragic mistake by the Founding Fathers. It makes sense when you factor in life expectancy in the 1700s was 35-40 years but not when we...
View ArticleColumn: Republicans will regret not helping Ukraine
Ask historians to name America’s greatest foreign policy blunders, and you’ll often hear a litany of misbegotten interventions — Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan and other wars that went awry. But some of...
View ArticleColumn: Alabama’s IVF ruling rife with contradictions
The bizarre decision handed down last week by the Alabama Supreme Court, which ruled that frozen human embryos are people too, is the reductio ad absurdum of the antiabortion movement’s religious...
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