From what I can glean from the recent gubernatorial election, more money still needs to be sunk into education. I found this hard to digest at first, as...

On Tuesday night, the newspaper held its 27th Public Square. The topic was health care reform. Unlike our September Public Square on health care this session...

Metropolitan Richmond Day is one of those annual events that you either look forward to or you conclude: Been there, done that. Part of the mixed response...

There is a misconception by some that people are getting less news from newspapers and television today. The good news is that technology has created a...

Got no check books, got no banks. Still I’d like to express my thanks—I got the sun in the morning and the moon at night.—Irving Berlin...

This column may leave as many questions unanswered as it answers, but they need to be raised. Consider “privacy”: The quality or condition...

A trillion here, a billion there, and pretty soon we’re talking real money. The House of Representatives has now passed its version of health care...

It’s always a bittersweet time sitting in the audience of the annual Valor Awards that honor the Richmond region’s police officers, firefighters,...

In Washington, and state capitals everywhere, policy debates tend to be partisan and shaped by the interests that have something at stake. But peering...

Let’s not jump to conclusions. A man with two handguns and more than 40 rounds of ammo screaming “Allahu Akbar” could just be suffering...

Glow with the flow. Get plugged in. Lighten up! This is the time of year our headline writers search for synonyms and practice their puns. It’s getting...

Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream! For the soul is dead that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. Longfellow’s...

Congress is considering complex and controversial bills to change the American health care system. The public debate is heated. Is Congress listening?...

Congress is considering complex and controversial bills to change the American health care system. The opinions on both sides have been diverse and heartfelt,...

Virginia, legendary for independent-minded, ticket-splitting voters, morphed into the land of the straight party-line vote in 2009 as Republicans swept...

As a physician who practices extensively within the Medicare system, I can speak about the role government plays in American health care. As a result of...

It was getting late one evening in Prague, a few months after the 1989 Velvet Revolution, and as we walked along Wenceslas Square, my companion began to...

When I was a boy in Arlington, my brother, Paul, practiced the piano every afternoon, aided by a metronome, a timing device with a wand that swung left,...

Nov. 11 is Veterans Day—one day out of our busy lives that Americans stop to salute the men and women who have served, or are currently serving,...

On April 26, The Times-Dispatch published a Commentary column about a group of 18 young professionals representing marginalized communities from Sri Lanka....

Our employees are amazing. Ever since the economy went in the tank, they’ve battled through adversity and mounting challenges. All of us have seen...

Tuesday’s election was not a referendum on President Obama’s policies, but a referendum on lazy Virginia Democrats camping out under a magnolia...

My first six months in the Richmond area have certainly borne out what I had heard about Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital as a wonderful, caring place...

If the American people know more today than they ever wanted to know about financial markets, corporate compensation practices, the mortgage and automobile...

Recent reports that the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) will suffer default rates of more than 20 percent on the 2007 and 2008 loans it guaranteed...

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s recent embrace of the public option for health care reform surprised some and delighted others. The timing is...

Something in the congressional health reform plans will require you to change the coverage or the doctor you have. You will be affected if you are among...

Policy experts and academics look at ways to put America back on track in four crucial areas.

Early November is a busy time. Last-minute hype from candidates begging for votes fills airways and television screens. Politics reach a frenetic crescendo...

Big banks have had their share of misery in the Great Recession that can’t end soon enough. You know the story—mortgages gone wild, multiplying...