July 03, 2009
Fourth Of July: A Holiday Dialogue Between Dude and Uncle Sam
ROSS MACKENZIE Times-Dispatch Columnist A4th of July conversation between Dude—a teenager—and his Uncle Sam . . . Yo, Uncle. Wasup? Good morning,...
July 01, 2009
Listening: In Search of the True Self
Here at the age of 39, I began to be old,“ says Charles Ryder as his revisit to Brideshead begins. For others, self-awareness arrives sooner or later,...
June 26, 2009
Armed Citizens: Both Left and Right Could Use Second Amendment Refresher
There is always the danger that those inclined toward violence will incorporate it into their twisted worldview,“ writes Bob Herbert of The New York...
June 23, 2009
. . . But Some Never Lost Theirs
Arecent news article about Food Lion pulling ahead of Ukrop’s in the grocery wars noted that the local chain is running the race with a couple of...
June 19, 2009
Black Men, Let’s Rise to the Occasions
NORFOLK. As an African-American male of 68 years, I have a special message for Juneteenth (today) and Father’s Day (Sunday) for 2009. It has been...
June 12, 2009
Government Spending: Should We Treat Health Care and Education the Same Way?
If you haven’t heard of the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care yet, wait. It is fast becoming the Book of Kells in the Washington policy world. The Obama...
June 09, 2009
SENDUP: Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends Come to Central Virginia
A. BARTON HINKLE Thomas the Tank Engine was excited. It was a busy time on the Island of Sodor. Percy had just told him that the Rail way Board had dropped...
June 05, 2009
POLITICAL HYPERBOLE: Virginia Politicians Just Keep Getting Extremier and Extremier
A. BARTON HINKLE It’s not yet clear whom Virginia Democrats will pick on Tuesday to run against Bob McDonnell and Bill Bolling, the GOP candidates...
May 29, 2009
SOTOMAYOR’S NOMINATION: Identity Politics Characterizes National Discussion
A. BARTON HINKLE If you see a lot of people walking around in neck braces in the next few days, don’t be surprised. Most of them probably got whiplash...
May 27, 2009
Retreat Brings One Back to Reality
Abide with me, fast falls the eventide.“ Soft voices fill sacred space. “Guide us waking, O Lord, and guard us sleeping.“ Compline closes...
May 25, 2009
America’s Servicemen Live Life on the Grenade
Petty Officer Michael Monsoor, a Navy SEAL, was part of a security detail in Ramadi, Iraq, on Sept. 29, 2006, when an insurgent lobbed a grenade at his...
May 22, 2009
Do State Democrats, Too, Have a Purity-Test Problem?
Virginia’s Republican Party has taken a lot of heat for zealotry in recent months. Critics say the GOP—particularly under its recently deposed...
May 19, 2009
The Constitution According to President Barack Obama
Article I All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, at least for the sake of appearances. Article II Section...
May 17, 2009
On the Basics, Hackers, Golf, Silence, Etc.
Additional stops on a random walk through a garden of issues currently in the news . . . A study of student performance on the National Assessment of...
May 15, 2009
Right or Wrong, the GOP Sure Is Brave—Isn’t It?
According to liberal orthodoxy, Virginia Republicans are a tremendously courageous lot. How so? Because, in opposing an extension of unemployment benefits,...
May 08, 2009
Energy’s Future Leaves Left and Right in a Muddle
Liberals and conservatives are of two minds about energy policy. Wait—make that four minds. When the subject concerns oil exploration and extraction—off...
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