Friday is the eighth anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks on our country. This is a day to remember — remember the loss of too many of our fellow citizens, and the sacrifice of brave men and women dealing with the aftermath.

Here we go again. Another political campaign and another poor attempt at gotcha politics. This time it is happening in the Virginia governor’s race.

I love back-to-school time. It’s refreshing to be back in the classroom, ready for new students with new ideas learned from activities over the summer.

As Paulette gave my hair a late-summer trim, I asked what she thinks now of the president who won her vote.

This week marks the eighth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on our nation. 

I enjoy office supply stores. There’s something about all those instruments and materials used in writing that appeals to me.

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer will pay fines totaling $3.2 billion for, among other irregularities, plying doctors with golf outings, massages and lavish vacations to encourage them to prescribe medications for uses other than intended, which may explain why I received a Viagra prescription for post-nasal drip.

The race for governor of Virginia has heated up this week. For those who are just hearing about the ruckus — a 1989 Thesis by Bob McDonnell has made its way into the debate and it contains some statements that the Creigh Deeds campaign has latched onto like a snapping turtle.

Last Sunday Bob McDonnell sat behind me in church and he didn’t appear the least bit suicidal. McDonnell didn’t sing too loud or try to address the congregation when he was introduced, which went a long way toward winning my vote.

One of the convenient blessings of the digital age is that if you happen to be a writer — or have written anything on any topic that others had access to — then the chances of it being retrievable via the Internet are extremely good.

Virginia voters sleeping through this year’s Ambien-laced gubernatorial campaign were given a quick shot of Red Bull this week when the Washington Post dusted off Republican Bob McDonnell’s 20-year-old political manifesto.

You’ve likely read by now that immigration issues have become part of the national dialogue in the health care reform debate. The primary issue concerns who will benefit if a national plan is put in place.

Our president is finishing up his summer vacation in Martha’s Vineyard, where he and his family found a modest $35,000 a week rental unit.

Atheists are on the bus in Des Moines, Iowa — and that’s good news for freedom of speech in America.

If you want good television drama don’t watch the usual prime time channels. Instead, just tune into C-SPAN for a health care town hall meeting.

What’s with the news? Murder, death and mayhem seems to rule the day at most major news outlets.

It sounds like the plot of a horror movie:

Love him or hate him — and for most people it was an either or situation, Edward Kennedy was an impressive individual who, when all things are considered, did more for the United States than either of his brothers.

During a recent lightning storm I thought of my college friend Bob and his would-be inventor uncle, Jim.

Traffic noise may be drowning out the seductive croaks of male frogs in Melbourne, Australia, interfering with their ability to attract mates — G’day, mate — and causing the frog population of the city to plummet, according to a shocking and disturbing story by Rod McGuirk of The Associated Press, the source I turn to for shocking and disturbing stories about amorous Aussie amphibians.

What is it with the world’s biggest retailer and the Civil War? It seems nearly anywhere Wal-Mart wants to build one of its big-box stores, it’s always pretty close to a Civil War battlefield.

Good news for battered and abused children in Prince William County; Social Services Director Jack Ledden wants laptops installed in department vehicles.

Anyone who has lived in Virginia for more than a decade should have seen this coming.

I don’t know exactly what I would do with $22.25 million, which would be “50 percent as (my) share” of the business project offered to me last week.

What does it take to educate a child when schools face budget cuts and a recession? The answer is it takes a team and I found a good one right here in Woodbridge at Rosa Parks Elementary.

I believe in angels. And I have good reason to.

Saying that someone deserves to be killed certainly gets anyone’s attention.

Sixty years ago this month, following the atrocities of World War II, nations of the world convened in Switzerland to revise and expand upon wartime protections granted in earlier treaties.

The arrangement between George W. Bush and Richard Cheney was never a match made in heaven.

I got cash for my first clunker, but it wasn’t a government rebate.