Hannah Arendt wrote of the banality of evil. Good God almighty, mass murder threatens to become routine. The initial dispatches from Fort Hood were as...

No one seems to have followed our advice. Although we warned that the temptation is to read too much into elections rather than too little, national experts...

The other day a reporter asked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi about where the Constitution grants Congress the power to require Americans to buy health insurance....

New York’s 23rd Congressional District borders on Canada. It has elected Republicans since the times of the late Rutherford B. Hayes and has attracted...

Among the vast array of mandates, taxes, fees, and directives in Nancy Pelosi’s health-care bill is a 2.5-percent tax on the makers of medical devices....

Two national groups have weighed in on the contentious question of a new hotel at Fort Lee. The National Restaurant Association and the American Hotel...

The House Speaker’s health-care bill is a bureaucratic monstrosity.

Nancy Pelosi’s gargantuan health care bill—it includes 111 new boards, commissions, bureaucracies, and programs—has not overlooked the...

Richmond government has taken a lot of hits for poor management (and less savory characteristics). So it’s worth highlighting one of the city’s...

Bob McDonnell won nine of the state’s 11 congressional districts; only the 3rd and the 8th went for Creigh Deeds, and they are Democratic bastions....

One word applies to yesterday’s election in numerous ways: message. Bob McDonnell stuck with his; Creigh Deeds did not have one; the results send...

The human interest stories on National Public Radio’s Morning Edition remain unsurpassed in broadcast journalism. The episodes inform and delight,...

There is poetic irony in the fact that Congress will be debating Nancy Pelosi’s hyperstatist vision of health care in America while Germany celebrates...

GOP opposition to Democratic health care proposals, says a recent news account, exposes Republicans to the charge that they are “political obstructionists...

Although tomorrow may prove a banner day for Republicans, the GOP still confronts long-term challenges. Trends do not look good. Follow us: In 1980, Ronald...

The trials and tribulations of the newspaper industry have been well documented—typically by print journalism itself. Other mediums have been less...

In what is certainly one of the oldest traditions in the Western Hemisphere, Virginians will go to the polls on Tuesday to elect their leaders. Not everyone...

WEEK’S END This week Chesterfield let die a proposal for rental-property inspections. The idea—which would have allowed county officials to...

An endorsement from The Washington Post played a crucial role in Creigh Deeds’ victory in the Democratic primary. Many observers say it played the...

Last night Virginia Tech’s Hokies played North Carolina’s Tar Heels. Thursday kickoffs at Tech and other schools tick off various professors...

The news is in the news. This week The Times-Dispatch’s Wes Hester reported that two student journalists at James Madison University face school...

Here’s a thought experiment: Find an empty room and go sit in it for an hour. While doing so, try to imagine not coming out for the next 10 years—while...

The Virginia Chamber of Commerce’s 2009 Conference on Virginia’s Future heard a ringing defense of free markets. Publisher Tom Silvestri described...

Last year Barack Obama became the first Democratic presidential candidate to carry Virginia since Lyndon Johnson won the state in 1964. On Tuesday, he...

The World Series was slated to start last night. On paper, the New York Yankees and the Philadelphia Phillies offer a compelling match-up. Both teams have...

Candidates for lieutenant governor and attorney general struggle for attention in a scene dominated by the gubernatorial race. The down-ticket nominees...

The ACLU is rightfully skeptical of a plan by Chesterfield to begin a rental-inspection program of single-family homes. The program seems needlessly intrusive—and...

The other day Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) criticized the Obama administration’s reliance on “czars.“ Sean Hannity seemed to consider...

Virginians with health insurance who review their statements often look at the bottom line and ask, “How much?“ The fact that they ask that...

Central Virginia covers about 15 districts in the House of Delegates. Over the years, few have proved competitive. Republicans and Democrats enjoy electoral...