I like Thanksgiving. What’s not to like about a holiday that involves eating a lot of food and then lying around in a stupor from overindulging?

When is good news not good news — or rather, not helpful good news?  When it comes to education funding from the state. 

It seems that the City of Manassas is probably going to scrap its broadband-over-powerline program, and while it makes financial sense, it does leave us melancholy.

I am compelled to correct the misinformation presented in the letter to the editor on Nov. 15 from Rene Fry, the Dumfries District representative to the County Planning Commission, stating that the Prince William County School Board has a “hidden agenda” regarding its capital improvements projects and overall budget.

It is very puzzling how our congressman and the AARP could come to our retirement community (Heritage Hunt) and conduct a town hall meeting concerning the health care debate and tell the people one thing and vote another.

Two area youth football teams, 75 pound American Pride Warriors, 9-1, coached by Joe Blount, and the 150 pound Manassas Sharks, 10-0, coached by Brian Edwards, are playing for the Washington Metro Super Bowl Championship this tomorrow at Madison High School in Vienna.

The United States is the wealthiest nation in the world. We always strived to be number one, hence that is something to be proud of.

Included here are some of the online reader reactions to the Nov. 18 letter, “My body is my business,” by Cheryl Belcher. It is reproduced below:

Gerald Connolly, our inept representative from the 11th District, has once more shown he is a puppet for Nancy Pelosi by voting for her health bill monstrosity. 

Hamilton says he is not a crook!

Despite the curious ups and downs of the stock market these days, it seems increasingly clear that in the Commonwealth, those who say we’re all in for a slow and painful recovery may be on to something.

The problem with taxes isn’t just that we have to pay them, but also that they’re complicated.

Let’s say you have this concept for a new airline. It’s completely different from other airlines; so different that you are not sure if the public will react favorably.

Thank you Rep. Frank Wolf for being a leader in trying to get this government to recognize and understand where all this federal spending is leading this country (News and Messenger, Nov. 13).

The case of former Manassas Park City Council member Peter Farrell may now be closed, but questions remain.

It was brought to my attention today that there is a government health care task force that claims all women get too many mammograms and that self-examination is worthless. 

What is wrong with the signal timing of traffic lights on Old Bridge Road?

The news that the Fort Hood shooter was a graduate of Virginia Tech brought home the story of mass murder and opened the old wounds of the 2007 campus massacre that left 32 dead.

President Obama is correct in his statement for which he is criticized by Republicans.

Today, Nov. 17, at 7:30 p.m. at the McCoart Building, the Prince William Board of County Supervisors will decide whether another natural resource will be chopped up by a developer.

What is meant by a “snuff” movie? Are there such films, or is it an urban legend? A snuff film is a motion picture genre that depicts the actual death or murder of a person or people, without the aid of special effects, for profit and entertainment.

Bad form and extremely poor taste!

On July 21, 1861 the first battle of the Civil War was fought in Manassas.

I must object to the wording used to describe the execution of John Allen Muhammad.

The Virginia Supreme Court recently made a wise decision to step back from a proposal to make all criminal-trial juries anonymous.

When President Richard Nixon left the White House for his historic trip to China, he addressed about 1,500 cheering school children and thousands of administration officials and federal workers who thronged the South Lawn.

When I heard the news of the landmark vote on so-called health care reform in the House of Representatives last week, I looked at my wife and saw in her eyes a look of shock and dread.

Many of you read in the News & Messenger this week that northern Virginia could receive $300,000 funding for the Northern Virginia Regional Gang Task Force.

Hannah Arendt wrote of the banality of evil.

I give praise for American Legion Post 10 for sponsoring such a beautiful memorial parade for World War II veterans. The dedicated work and coordination of the details involved in this project was of great excellence.