September 20, 2009

Stormwater Regulations: Proposed Changes Provide Benefits

NELLYSFORD I am writing in response to last week’s commentary by Dave Anderson concerning the upcoming changes to Virginia’s Stormwater Regulations....

Your 2 Cents

Lesson of the week: Do not elect someone to the U.S. Senate who is not yet 30 years old at election even if he will be when he takes office. Cases in point:...

Climate Change Bill Will Crush Recovery for Small Businesses

Up and down the streets of Richmond, the struggle of small-business owners is apparent. Too many storefronts have closed their doors, leaving too many...

States Taxing the Rich: A Very Bad or Good—Idea

WASHINGTON In a dramatic break from tax trends of recent decades, eight states have voted this year to push up the percentages of income that their wealthiest...

From the Publisher: Times-Dispatch Makes Progress in a Challenging Era

This month’s installment of how the Richmond Times-Dispatch is faring during a time of reinvention presents five questions that I often receive....

The Unlikely Tale of a Lost Friend Found

I saw my bicycle chained with a thick lock outside a freshman dorm on my campus and I immediately started to cry. I had ridden that bike across the United...

Why We Need Universal, Consumer-Driven Health Care
Why We Need Universal, Consumer-Driven Health Care

Health care reform has two goals: to control our gargantuan health care costs and to enable people, especially sick ones, to buy health insurance at an...


September 13, 2009

Shop Local: It’s Time to Support Region’s Retailers

Think about the hard-working men and women who run our stores and service businesses. Shop in our community and you keep dollars circulating for the benefit...

Stormwater Regs: Changes Promise Murky Benefits, High Costs

Araging debate is going on (in case you hadn’t heard) that has grabbed the attention of many of us across the commonwealth—a debate brought...

A Summer of Rightful Discontent
A Summer of Rightful Discontent

America is at its best when it is a land of equal opportunity for all. The United States of America should be a level playing field for everyone to achieve...

Narrower Pages Won’t Mean Less News or Smaller Type

The Richmond Times-Dispatch will become a little narrower this week, but we’re confident your newspaper experience won’t be any different because...

Hope and Change Have Become Predictable Liberalism

If a revolution takes root throughout the country and no one in Washington hears it, does the revolution exist? In our representative system, the answer...

Teen TV Shows Ignore Consequences of Decisions

People magazine recently reunited the cast of the 1990s teen television show “Saved by the Bell.“ Its 20-years-later photo portrayed the stars...

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