Light rail has captured the imagination of Central Virginia. Advocates and skeptics might find the experience of Phoenix instructive. A light rail system...

This comes from National Review: “One bystander at a town hall has received special attention. William Kostric was outside Barack Obama’s town-hall...

Students and admirers called him “The Little Giant.“ Small in frame, Irving Kristol lived large. His personal journey symbolized the history...

Last week officials announced that the Connecticut Defenders of the Class AA Eastern League will relocate to Richmond. Next April an ump will yell, “Play...

WEEK’S END The football oddsmakers have made “Bye” a 12-point favorite against the University of Virginia today.  And speaking of...

Campaigns for lieutenant governor seldom make noise. The race for attorney general typically generates more headlines. The gubernatorial contest dominates...

Twenty years after his historic election, Doug Wilder continues to make gubernatorial news. His announcement yesterday that he would not endorse a candidate...

It’s a shame to see opponents of a Walmart in Orange County take the issue to court. They made their case before the Board of Supervisors and lost....

Like a dead fish on a hot rock, the cash-for-clunkers program looks worse and worse the longer it is exposed to the sunlight. Economists already have questioned...

The Cleveland Orchestra rates among the finest symphonies not only in the United States but in the world. It has thrived for decades. Although Boston’s...

Plato was right. If, as Congreve wrote, music has charms that can soothe the savage breast, then it also has the power to enrage and pervert. The slayings...

We’d hoped that this year’s campaign for governor would maintain the reasonably lofty standards Virginia has come to expect from those seeking...