Opinion FEATURES
What’s to Love about America?
By Addy Smith
Our Great Experiment is taking some of the most interesting turns in its history – and it’s taking them all at once. According to a report by the Brookings Institution, the revolution is live.
Citizen Review: Governor McDonnell’s Town Hall
By Addy Smith
“The world has changed,” Bob says, flashing quotes from notable Virginia Democrats who also advocate the abolition of ABC. “And it’s time we do, too.”
On Webb’s “Diversity and the Myth of White Privilege”
By Larry Yates
Throughout the article, Senator Webb made assertions with no facts to back them up.
A New Transportation Option, Part Three
By Chris Bonney
Over the last 30 years we’ve seen occur in Hampton Roads that lead people to question their use of personal vehicles, particularly the increase in congestion, unpredictable and lengthy delays and high gasoline prices.
A New Transportation Option, Part Two
By Chris Bonney
The demographics of our region, particularly our growing proportion of retired people, make us particularly resistant to change and sensitive to increased costs.
A New Transportation Option: No New Highways
By Chris Bonney
No other local issue is in need of more urgent attention than transportation.
A Working Plan for Waterside
By Editors | Publishers
The City needs to identify a list of possible short-term uses and put those plans in action as soon as possible, while working toward the best long-term solution the best minds in the world have for the space.
If You Read the Paper | Mon May 24
By Asha Baisden
VDOT “needs help,” child abuse in headlines and real life, Larry Bush is now Laura Bush and wants to serve the VFW as a woman
Yes We Can! (halt the gay equality movement in its tracks)
By John McManus
Obama’s marginalization of gays as “the crazy left,” and his turning his back on Don’t Ask Don’t Tell.
If You Read The Paper | Tues May 18
By BC Wilson
Let’s play SimVirginia! Cooch plays coy with tainted funds, and Norfolk enjoys public art and maritime jobs.
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If You Read The Paper | Thurs Sept 2
By Jay Ford
Another debate, music in the streets, the story of the hurricane, Barbara Lai gets a bad deal, anti-NYC mosque movement starts here in VB, and VA hates the Bay.











