Letters for Aug. 30: Hampton should forget about Fort Wool and invest in...
Priorities Re “Hampton officials push to restore Fort Wool, open the historic island to the public” (Aug. 20): Fort Wool is a piece of history, but it has been given to the birds. Trees were taken down...
View ArticleColumn: Assessing Afghanistan, three years after U.S. withdrawal
Three years ago, the U.S. military was at Kabul’s international airport frantically organizing evacuation flights out of Afghanistan as the Taliban returned to power in the capital city after a 20-year...
View ArticleEditorial: Drivers need to slow down, wear their seatbelts and arrive alive
Labor Day weekend marks the traditional end of summer, and millions of Americans are expected to take full advantage by hitting the highways for a brief vacation. Hampton Roads residents doing the same...
View ArticleLetters for Aug. 31: Let’s bring the SS United States to Norfolk
Dock it Re “She wants to save the United States” (Aug. 19): The SS United States ocean liner needs to be moved to Norfolk. The 1950s ocean liner, the SS United States, is getting kicked out of...
View ArticleColumn: How language in the middle enables the extremes
When I was a white supremacist who had infiltrated the Canadian military reserves, an officer who had spent two tours of Northern Ireland embedded in a British unit told me that the Irish Republican...
View ArticleColumn: Identifying division is easy; finding is difficult
Negative campaigning is increasing in volume and nastiness every election cycle. Campaigns are based on a “divide and conquer” strategy, pitting citizens against each other. If you ask most political...
View ArticleEditorial: Labor Day is ‘a most characteristic representation of our ideals’
To celebrate Labor Day, The Virginian-Pilot and Daily Press Editorial Board offers some historic thoughts on the holiday and the movement which helped improve conditions for generations of American...
View ArticleLetters for Sept. 1: Beware of people opposing collective bargaining for...
Collective bargaining Re “Williamsburg-area school board approaching deadline on collective bargaining vote” (Aug. 8): Unions and associations speak on behalf of their members. This is also true of...
View ArticleColumn: Investing in sites helps enhance Virginia’s economic future
In August, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced $126 million in industrial site development grants to a wide variety of sites across Virginia in the third round of grants from the Virginia Business Ready...
View ArticleColumn: The French Navy was forged by history at the Battle of the Chesapeake
In the fall of 2022, the then-head of the French Navy, Adm. Pierre Vandier, declared that the French Navy (Marine Nationale) would celebrate just two specific historic events each year. One took place...
View ArticleColumn: Voting easier than ever for citizens with disabilities
At the core of every American movement toward equality of civil rights is access to the ballot. For citizens with disabilities, the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act began to dismantle barriers to...
View ArticleLetters for Sept. 2: Listen to the people who used to work for former...
Trump Before voters consider rehiring 78-year-old former President and convicted felon Donald Trump, check his references: A dozen of his former employees called him an idiot. Former White House Chief...
View ArticleColumn: Workers are struggling thanks to inflation
The perennial question in presidential elections is, “Are you better off than you were four years ago?” For American workers, the answer is, lately, not so much. Too many workers are not better off....
View ArticleColumn: Workers are far better off than four years ago
This is not a tough one. First and foremost, workers are better off today because they overwhelmingly have jobs if they want them. They also are getting higher pay, even after adjusting for inflation....
View ArticleLetters for Sept. 3: We must get classified materials under control
Classified material Executive Order 13526 and Department of Defense Manual No. 5200.01, Volume 3, and their referenced documents define the process for controlling classified material and the...
View ArticleColumn: Fare-free ridership, proven elsewhere, could boost HRT
Hampton Roads Transit is the largest public transportation system in Virginia, with more than a million monthly riders before the pandemic. However, during the last four years, the public...
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