Opinion: Commentary: Changing Face of Virginia
The results of the 2020 U.S. Census remind us that the world around us changes in more ways than we might consciously detect or understand.
Opinion: Column: Hopping and Hoping
As I approach my four-week anniversary of "the burning," I do so with cautious optimism that one day soon, I'll be walking upright once again and doing so without the assistance of my walker.
Opinion: Commentary: Childcare in Fairfax County: A Labor of Love
As our Fairfax community is preparing to return to school in just a couple of weeks, we’re also approaching a major opportunity to transform our county for the better.
Opinion: Commentary: It Is Hot Outside
The extended weather forecast for this week indicates that temperatures will be in the mid- to upper-90s.
Opinion: Commentary: Virginia Legislature Decides on Funds, Addresses Needs
On Aug. 10, the General Assembly completed work in a special session to appropriate federal pandemic funds and elect judges.
Opinion: Letter to the Editor: Raising the Money ‘for Kids Who Don’t Have Homes’
I’d like to inform you of a phenomenal little girl named Thia, 4 years old, who asked her mother to make lemonade to raise money “for kids who do not have homes.”
Opinion: Commentary: COVID Relief
The General Assembly is meeting this week and possibly a few days next week to appropriate the federal COVID-Relief fund made available through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA).
Opinion: Commentary: TJ Parents Welcome Most Diverse TJ Class in History
…and denounce the anti-CRT division
We are parents of students and graduates of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJ), and are greatly concerned about recent events and growing misinformation surrounding the changes to the admissions process and anti-racism discussions at the prestigious school we love and respect.
Opinion: Commentary: Biden Can Do More to Keep Guns Out of Unsafe Hands
How badly do we want to reduce gun violence in America, whether from suicides, mass shootings, domestic violence or some combination of the above?
Opinion: Commentary: Ending Election Fraud
My earliest experience in government and politics came when I was a senior in high school.
Opinion: Independent Progressive: On the Road Again
Now that the country is pretty much down to a pandemic of the unvaccinated with national public health policy guided by science, not weird politics, we think this is the time to make up for travel we had to cancel in 2020.
Opinion: Commentary: Economic Recovery Is More Than Escaping COVID-19
Our local economy is in a precarious position, and it’s not just because of pandemic
Over the last year, our economy struggled to hang on amidst unpredictable changes in pandemic regulations, with over 45 percent of small businesses in the region closing permanently or temporarily, and roughly 49,000 Fairfax County residents remain unemployed.
Opinion: Letter to the Editor: Free and Open Exchange Benefits All
Across the nation, state lawmakers are actively working to prevent students from having an open and equitable history education - one that both acknowledges the role of racism in the United States and portrays the lived realities and viewpoints of people in marginalized communities accurately.
Opinion: Letter to the Editor: Let’s Have an Intellectually Honest Gubernatorial Contest
As a lifelong Republican who voted for Trump twice, I’m truly dismayed by our party’s reliance on false narrative and grievance-driven politics.
Opinion: Commentary: Awash in Cash?
With the news reports of the cash coming to state and local governments from the federal government to provide relief from the effects of the COVID pandemic and the announcement that Virginia will have a sizable cash balance at the end of this fiscal year, one could conclude that government is awash in cash!