Column: Silencing the CDC and leaving the WHO puts Virginia in danger
The world is facing a growing public health crisis, and Virginia isn’t immune. Tuberculosis (TB) infections are on the rise, and the first known human case of H5N1 avian flu in the U.S. has been...
View ArticleEditorial: Clean energy credits are a win for Virginia. GOP lawmakers...
President Donald Trump’s contempt for renewable energy seems to stem largely from a personal grudge over wind turbines near his golf resort in Scotland. But his frequent rants about that subject, as...
View ArticleEditorial: Supporting Hampton Roads’ vibrant arts scene is a good investment
Hampton Roads has a rich arts and music scene with festivals, and local and national acts performing across all genres. Audiences have access to a wide array of options and venues — including the newly...
View ArticleLetters for March 8: Serious talks needed to address national debt, federal...
Budget cuts The budget of the federal government can not be balanced by cuts alone. In the end, the gap between what is taken into the Treasury, and what is spent, will never be brought into line, or...
View ArticleLetters for March 9: Teacher urges Virginia Beach schools to use extra funds...
Teacher pay We are in the midst of every Virginia Beach teacher’s favorite time of year, budget season! It is during this time that teachers hear platitudes about how we are appreciated and how...
View ArticleColumn: Mifepristone is effective, medically sound and needed
Revered by many, feared by some, mifepristone is the little pill with a big reputation. By definition, mifepristone is an anti-progesterone. At low doses it blocks the naturally occurring hormone...
View ArticleColumn: Celebrate bicentennial of Lafayette’s triumphant return to the U.S.
On Feb. 24, 2015, the Virginia General Assembly passed House Joint Resolution 797, “Designating March 14, in 2015, and in each succeeding year, as a Day of Honor for the Marquis de Lafayette in...
View ArticleColumn: Federal layoffs will hit Virginians in their wallets come tax time
Virginia taxpayers are on the brink of a crisis that could impact thousands of families, local governments and students for years to come. As part of a broad termination of probationary employees, I...
View ArticleEditorial: Save our veterans from DOGE ‘chainsaw’
The Department of Veterans Affairs, which provides health care for retired military members, is planning a reorganization that includes cutting more than 80,000 jobs, according to an internal memo...
View ArticleLetters for March 10: Veterans’ employment, health care under ‘assault’ by...
Veterans Affairs President Donald Trump’s assault on the Department of Veterans Affairs will be devastating. He laid off 2,400 VA probationary employees in February. “Mission-critical” positions were...
View ArticleLetters for March 11: Dissenting Supreme Court justices are not ‘supporting...
Supreme Court On March 5, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in support of the district court judge who ruled that President Donald Trump must release the United States Agency for International Development...
View ArticleColumn: Nation needs to find middle ground on immigration
On Facebook there is a group called the Dull Men’s Club with more than 1.7 million members. Its motto is “Celebrating the Ordinary.” I follow the group because, in part, my interests can be dull. Also,...
View ArticleEditorial: Holistic solutions — along with better laws — are needed to curb...
The bill that Virginia legislators passed in the closing days of the General Assembly session reflects their legitimate concerns about the effects social media can have on children, including young...
View ArticleLetters for March 12: School zone speed cameras are a safer deterrent than...
Speed cameras Re “Speed cameras in school zones OK’d” (A1, March 6): I agree with having school zone cameras. In my area, I commonly see some people doing 50 mph or more, when the school zone lights...
View ArticleColumn: Officers’ End of Watch service reminds us of what we owe
President Ronald Reagan once noted that those who claim we do not live in a time of heroes just do not know where to look. One might suggest they could look toward Virginia Beach where this February,...
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