As its reputation suggests, the world’s oldest profession figures to be with us for a while. Reports that arrests for prostitution in Central Virginia...

Obituaries identified Michael Jackson as an icon. Stories called a certain poster of Farrah Fawcett iconic. What is an icon, pray tell? In the popular...

You can’t tell the players without a scorecard? Heck, in Richmond you can’t tell the stadium proposals without one. An RT-D First appearing...

A definitive judgment regarding the state’s information technology program must await the completion of a thorough report. We have confidence in...

The Braves play in Gwinnett, but this is no lament. A recent Times-Dispatch Public Square focused on a stadium in Shockoe Bottom. Today this space discusses...

A lot of gushy talk has washed over the falls about the powerful effect of social media on the situation in Iran. Major cable networks—and millions...

Public officials have private lives. The public itself should respect that privacy. Private activities are not necessarily created equal, however. Attendance...

The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 ruling, has sided with time-honored American values of merit and equal protection. The high-profile case, Ricci v. Destefano,...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi might or might not fancy herself an admirer of Thomas Jefferson, but she clearly does not share his belief that great innovations...

One thing seems clear from the thrust of comments by public officials and others in a recent news article about a crime spike in Richmond: It’s not...

In the first six months of his presidency, President Obama has essentially nationalized two major American car companies, promised to revolutionize the...

While watching CNN coverage of an anti-Ahmadinejad demonstration in Iran, we saw a protestor waving a poster whose message screamed, “Down With Britain.“...

The Iranian regime probably will survive; Mahmoud Ahmadinejad probably will remain president. But something big may have begun. The consequences might...

Side Effects Virginia legislators are understandably concerned about a recent, and now repudiated, proposal to do away with the history portion of the...

During an April meeting of leaders from various countries in the Americas, President Barack Obama warmly, and very visibly, shook the hand of Hugo Chavez,...

Jack Johnson won the heavyweight championship in 1908, and promptly became not a hero but the most hated man in the United States. Johnson was an African-American,...

WEEK’S END Will the last potential GOP contender for 2012 to commit adultery please turn out the lights?  The fellow at the next desk quips...

Science: Pet Fall Pratfall This just in, courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control: People trip over their pets. About 86,000 Americans go to the emergency...

Here’s a headline we’d dearly love to see: “Auditor Praises City Operations; ‘Absolutely Flawless,‘ Review Concludes.“...

The rains came. In 2006, Tropical Storm Ernesto pounded Central Virginia. Waters rose. Battery Park in North Richmond suffered extreme damage. An urban...

Dick Cheney has signed a million-dollar contract to write his memoirs. The blogs are having fun. Bill Clinton wrote his memoirs. Hillary Clinton wrote...

It’s too soon for laymen to say whether that light at the end of the tunnel is daylight or an oncoming freight train. But at least some economists—including...

Tim Kaine holds down two high-profile posts. He serves not only as governor of Virginia but as chairman of the Democratic National Committee. When he accepted...

The next presidential election will not occur until 2012, but potential candidates already are committing consequential news. Republicans have lost two...

The Supreme Court’s ruling on a key component of the Voting Rights Act shows how judicial conservatism can redound to the benefit of political liberalism....

The Founders anticipated that their countrymen and their descendants could commemorate the signing of the Declaration of Independence with reverence and...

The process started while the Richmond Braves remained in town. Boosters would visit our offices to promote plans for a new baseball stadium. Architectural...

The days of the world’s longest washboard may be numbered. The Commonwealth Transportation Board recently voted to repave I-64 from I-95 to Parham...

What can we say of Baxter Perkinson? His many gifts and talents make him someone to admire—and perhaps to envy. Perkinson has built an acclaimed...

During the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union held summits. Presidents visited the USSR; commissars visited the United States. The two sides...