For an increasing number of state employees, Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s Day One program is a nightmare.
The scariest thing about the rhetoric and misinformation coming out of Russia these days about Ukraine is its familiarity.
Cats are said to have nine lives. Rasputin was said to have almost as many. If only the MeToo movement had the same brief lifespan.
There are more than 800,000 law enforcement officers in the United States. As we celebrate National Police Week this week, we seek to honor those who put their lives on the line every day to keep our communities safe.
Serious country music fans don’t expect perfection, she added. But there are millions of fans who view artists through a celebrity lens — period. Meanwhile, the stars are expected — in a spotlight — to face their own angels and demons. This expectation is a two-edged sword.
At a recent showing of the Henry Louis Gates documentary, “The Black Church: This is Our Story, This is Our Song,” both the film and the discussion session that followed lamented the loss of the prophetic role of the Black church in recent decades.
One consistent message I hear from constituents throughout Virginia’s 1st Congressional District and folks throughout the entire commonwealth is American families are feeling the pain of soaring inflation and skyrocketing energy costs in a very real way.
A response to Mr. Purdy-and-company’s May 8 commentary (“VMI is on right track with diversity training”) is in order. The three gentlemen charge “regressive” VMI alumni with doing “real damage to the school’s reputation and the value of the diploma.” That’s no slight accusation, but space li…
On a cold Saturday morning in March, 24 youths from three different Boy Scouts of America (BSA) troops encountered each other on the trail to Devil’s Marbleyard. The adult volunteers from the three troops gave each other hearty hellos, snapped pictures for each group’s Facebook page, and wor…
We have heard loud and clear that our public safety employees, our state police, and our department of corrections officers and civilians have a staffing crisis primarily because the commonwealth has not provided a livable wage for these brave men and women who put themselves in harm’s way e…
A week after the murder of George Floyd, Richmond police tear-gassed peaceful protesters at the Robert E. Lee monument.
When Amazon announced it was locating its East Coast headquarters in Arlington, it cemented Northern Virginia’s reputation as the state’s economic powerhouse. But there is another less well-known story of economic revitalization playing out across the commonwealth. Despite the pressures of a…
Virginia’s Community Colleges have awarded more than 665,000 life-changing credentials during my time as chancellor. Their impact is everywhere: the historically low unemployment rate recently trumpeted by the Youngkin administration; national media reports describing VCCS workforce developm…
Do justices have agendas? Of course they do.
I was always a big fan of mythology. My particular favorite is Athena, also known as Minerva, goddess of wisdom. She is said to have sprung fully formed from her father Zeus’ head, which was probably a great relief for his wife Hera.
Richard Alley, a professor of geosciences at Penn State University, joins host Lawrence Eppard to help us understand the collapse of the Conger Ice Shelf in East Antarctica and its implications. Plus: Climate Investing with Zach Stein from the Carbon Collective!
One of my teenage clients told me recently that she was afraid to walk her dog after school because of gun violence and gangs in her neighborhood here in Roanoke.
Some say student loan forgiveness is a smart idea whose time has come. I say it’s a dumb idea whose time may be coming anyway.
Episode 38: Richard Kyte and Scott Rada also discuss the similarities between Florida's so-called Don't-Say-Gay law and a high school football coach who wants to pray with his players.
Commentary: The biggest decisions we make in life are whether to say “yes” or “no” to new opportunities.
"If the court is stripping away rights, why would it stop at a woman's body autonomy?"
One of the more confounding political riddles pundits love to debate is how Democrats “lost” rural America. If the past month is any indication, however, it looks less like the Dems lost rural America and more like they are just lost in rural America.
Twitter has been ablaze with commentary, lamenting and praising Elon Musk’s platform purchase. One central conversation is the potential reinstatement of former President Donald Trump’s Twitter account, which boasted about 88 million followers.
Not since Democrat Mark Warner won a $1.4 billion tax increase in 2004 for schools, cops and the social safety net, has a governor with no previous experience in Richmond used the state budget to rewrite the tax law. But there’s a big difference. In 2022, Republican Glenn Youngkin wants to c…