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Editorial: Vote on gay judicial nominee disappointing, not surprising
It was more than a bit disconcerting to watch the General Assembly reject the nomination of Tracy Thorne-Begland.
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Editorial: Seeing red in Greene County
Any political treatise has to stop short of actually encouraging "armed revolution" against whatever government is placed in power by the electorate.
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Editorial: Which way will purple Virginia swing?
The president’s fortunes in the commonwealth could serve as a barometer of what we will see on election night.
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Editorial: Courting the Latino vote
Watching how candidates navigate the paradox of backing super-strict “immigration reform” one year and asking for Latino support the next will be interesting.
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Editorial: Prince William County clears preclearance hurdle
The county had to prove it had conducted totally unbiased regulations and nondiscriminatory practices for voting over a decade to qualify.
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Editorial: Prince William County's health
There’s good news and bad news as far as the overall health of Prince William County, but it’s mostly bad news.
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Editorial: Convoluted logic of the lottery
Although experts continue to tell us the odds of winning are truly astronomical, that didn't stop people from buying tickets for the record Mega Millions jackpot.
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Editorial: A General Assembly session we may want to forget
We are breathing a long sigh of relief that lawmakers are vacating Richmond for home. It couldn’t come soon enough.
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Editorial: What goes around, comes around for GOP
We’re not sure if the GOP stronghold in Richmond has a favorite saying these days, but it’s probably not “What goes around, comes around.”
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Editorial: Ridicule in Richmond
Someday, a history professor might look back to two weeks in early 2012 to describe one of the most unusual and humiliating periods ever recorded by our General Assembly.
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Editorial: Some gun sanity from the Senate
State lawmakers in the Senate have so far in this session said, “Enough is enough,” to the more irresponsible, self-serving gun measures placed before them.
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Editorial: Advancing Manassas Park High
Kudos are in order for Manassas Park High School, whose students were counted among those within the commonwealth to rank third in the nation for their achievement on advanced placement tests for college credit.
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Editorial: Why we need to honor the Bill of Rights on Dec. 15
We cannot ignore the birthday of our Bill of Rights.
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Editorial: Our only endorsement
Why aren't InsideNoVa.com and the News & Messenger endorsing any candidates in the Nov. 8 elections?
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Editorial: Put it in writing, in the paper
Some state lawmakers want to drop the requirement that legal notices of government proposals and actions be printed in newspapers. Here's why that's a bad idea.
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To 'satisfy,' limit those surveys
Less is more… Let’s hope that’s what the Prince William County Board of Supervisors takes away from its recent move to cut the frequency of its so-called “citizen satisfaction surveys” from annually to once every two years. In our view, even a biennial survey may still be a bit much.
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Charles Colgan's service to Prince William, Manassas continues
State Sen. Charles J. Colgan’s somewhat surprising announcement last week that he has decided to run for yet another term in the General Assembly was greeted generally positively within the state’s political community — especially, of course, within the Democratic camp.
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Delays for BRAC not necessary
When the U.S. House of Representatives voted a few days ago to severely limit parking at the Defense Department’s new office complex off I-95 in Alexandria, it signaled what could be a delay of a year or more of part of the massive redeployment of thousands of welcomed military jobs to points south in Prince William and Fairfax counties.
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A 'corridor' for change
The 'outer Beltway' corridor will be a long process coming in the wake of an already-long controversy, so the time to get serious about it cannot come soon enough.
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BPOL relief is crucial for county
The mixed signals of our struggling economy were underscored once again this week when the government reported that employers added 244,000 new jobs in April.
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The Tech tragedy never ends
As shocking and tragic as the mass shootings at Virginia Tech were more than four years ago for Blacksburg and the nation, the drawn-out machinations of the federal government’s investigation into how the university conducted itself during and immediately after the crime spree is turning into a tragedy all its own.
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The Easter Story
The story of Jesus’ resurrection is perhaps the most well known event in the Bible. For Christians, this is the key event in all of world history.
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Passover greetings to all
As thousands of Christians prepare to celebrate Easter weekend here in Prince William, we duly note that many others in our region are already well engaged in the eight-day Jewish festival of Passover.
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Oh, for PETA's sake
Those well-meaning folks at the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals have typically done society a valuable service over the decades by casting a wary eye on the ways we treat (or mistreat) our fellow animals.
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Why it is wrong to gerrymander
The Virginia General Assembly has taken gerrymandering to a new low with the current redistricting plans on the way to Gov. Bob McDonnell.
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