Opinion: Editorial: We Still Need Your Help
We all need community newspapers; community newspapers need your help.
You need local newspapers.
Opinion: Commentary: Getting My Covid Shot: Proud To Be an Alexandrian
The Republican in me was ready for everything to be screwed up.
Opinion: Commentary: Hard to Overstate Accomplishments
The General Assembly officially adjourned “sine die” on Monday, March 1, wrapping up a high-pressure session which caps one of the most progressive, accomplishment-filled two year legislative cycles in Virginia’s history.
Opinion: Commentary: Beyer Highlights American Rescue Plan Benefits
Last week, Representative Don Beyer (D-VA) voted to pass the landmark American Rescue Plan and send it to President Biden’s desk for signature.
Opinion: Letter to the Editor: Bill Cleveland For Anything
In the event that William "Bill" Cleveland announces his candidacy for any local office in Alexandria, I want to share this.
Opinion: Column: A Shot in the Arm
Literally and figuratively.
Opinion: Editorial: We Still Need Your Help
We all need community newspapers; community newspapers need your help.
A year later, Covid continues to be the most compelling, most local issue that we face.
Opinion: Column: “Cancerversary”
I realize I'm cancer-centric, especially in these columns, but for some reason that centricity didn't acknowledge my February 27th cancer anniversary.
Opinion: Commentary: What is ‘Fair’?
Equity costs - and paying that price will not be fair, but it will be just.
If Black people had a dollar for every individual, organization, and company that publicly professed a commitment to antiracism and racial equity while holding up progress in the name of “fairness,” we could have closed the racial wealth gap ten times over.
Opinion: Commentary: Step into Nature for Improved Health
New research into the health benefits of being in nature prompted the Wall Street Journal reporter Betsy Morris to do a story titled, "For Better Health During the Pandemic, Is Two hours Outdoors the New 10,000 Steps?"
Opinion: Letter to the Editor: Density: Source of Problems
Many people think that density is really good for Alexandria, but in my opinion, almost every major problem within our community can be traced to over-densification.
Opinion: Letter to the Editor: Overfunding Alexandria’s Stream Projects by Several Million
According to the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), the regulatory agency responsible for overseeing stream construction projects throughout the Commonwealth, DEQ no longer allows default calculations for phosphorus to be used in pollution reduction crediting.
Opinion: Commentary: Marijuana Legalization Can Reduce School Inequity
Marijuana legalization, which was just passed by the General Assembly, presents a rare opportunity for society to right decades of wrongs.
Opinion: Column: Back to Abnormal
Well, those last two weeks were kind of fun, (comparatively speaking) to the dozen or so previous weeks.
Opinion: Editorial: Brain Injury Awareness: A Personal Story
March is Brain Injury Awareness Month.
In 2007, my kids and I were at a fireworks show in Vienna that was so grand we were in awe of each burst.