In stripping most lawmakers of their power to draw legislative and congressional boundaries, Virginians last year believed they were dragging …
Have you ever gotten choked? It is overwhelming. Whatever may have had your attention choking will suddenly consume all of your attention. Get…
Breaking news: A piano is heavy.
Virginia’s Nov. 2 election for governor appears to be coming down to the wire and so close that a Republican could win a statewide race for th…
The Book of Esther is unique, because it is a story where the main character is never named, never speaks, but is present and active. Consider it.
As interim senior aerospace/unidentified flying object correspondent for this award-winning publication, I often receive first-person close-en…
For Jerry Baliles and Ralph Northam, politics began at the water’s edge.
So here I am at North Myrtle Beach with my wife of 53 years. Climbing out of our air conditioned car, the first thing we smell is the salty oc…
A step toward making it easier for students and families to more clearly understand what they will pay for a college education.
“Life is iffy.” I was thinking recently about how true this statement can be. Someone once said, “life is known as the big if.” Everyday we di…
I always thought if Hollywood made the Richelle Bailey story, she would be played by “Broadcast News”-era Holly Hunter, a short, feisty, highl…
I spent many of my after school evenings at the Greentown Branch Library. I really don’t remember how it started or why I gravitated there; th…
I stand with sand.
As my kids get older, I notice patterns in their thinking and behavior. For example, they run the other way when anything is said about chores…
Anyone who was awake 20 years ago has a Sept. 11 story. Some people hurriedly gathered loved ones close, not knowing what to fear, but fearing…
“One in five American adults has been a victim or witness to events that traumatized them in just the past 10 years, “ according to a recent B…
Note: I am on vacation this week. Please enjoy this lightly edited column from 20 years ago, where I accurately forecasted many of us will eve…
Donald Trump may not be coming to Virginia but he’s getting into Glenn Youngkin’s head.
Anyone who was awake twenty years ago has a Sept. 11 story. Some people hurriedly gathered loved ones close, not knowing what to fear, but fea…
Is there anything worse than government overregulation of beer-related cartoon nudity?
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The same Joe Biden and now Afghanistan.
I watched through the living room window as a neighborhood kid, his bicycle slightly too big for his stature, paused at the two-foot, rock-wal…
By sunrise that Friday morning, it seemed like every man, woman, and child in Portsmouth, Virginia, was on the move.
Today I would like to apologize to the bee community for an unfortunate misidentification in a previous column while also providing an update …
New lines, old problems
Every occupation comes with hazards. That includes ministry. There are plenty of pits one could fall down doing ministry. Most of them are sne…
Having dealt with an earthquake, tornadoes, flash-floods and a lengthy power outage that resulted in nearly all of the food in our refrigerato…
