The Berlin Wall resembled an ideological scar and not only severed a city but symbolized the failure of an evil system. In free societies fences and walls...

The hard-left advocacy group MoveOn is taking to the airwaves to blast some of the Democrats who voted against the Pelosicare measure in the House. Among...

Richmond traces its roots to the 1600s when, shortly after the landing at Jamestown, Christopher Newport explored the falls of the James. William Byrd...

A new report from the Commonwealth Institute, a liberal Virginia think tank, makes an excellent point. Virginia has enacted many special tax breaks over...

An alert reader recently sent us a copy of a news story that reported: “In a move that could help increase home ownership rates among minorities...

Soon after the Fort Hood massacre, President Barack Obama advised citizens not to jump to conclusions—which is to say, he urged them to ignore the...

War makes strange giant creatures out of the little routine men who inhabit the Earth.—WWII correspondent Ernie Pyle.

Diehards who tuned in Saturday’s game between UVa and Miami saw not only a drubbing but a sea of empty seats. Now, the Wahoos may not be the biggest...

The following story from the cultural front caught our eye: “The reigning Miss England has relinquished her crown after being accused of a fight...

When Stephen Mansfield discerns manifestations of grace, he writes about the experience in books that beguile. If some might find his work rather earnest,...

Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell supports charter schools. So does President Barack Obama, who discussed them with McDonnell during a brief chat the day after...

Here’s a dirty little secret about health care reform that Democrats in Washington would prefer you didn’t know: They’re counting on...

A couple of months ago, retired Editorial Page Editor Ross Mackenzie described AARP as “a hard-left lobby.“ The local rep for the national...

Our cousins in monarchial realms say, “The king is dead, long live the king!“ As good republicans, American political groupies prefer, “The...

Democrat Tom Shields challenged Republican incumbent John O’Bannon in the 73rd House of Delegates District. In the weeks prior to Tuesday’s...

The Virginia Supreme Court recently made a wise decision to step back from a proposal to make all criminal-trial juries anonymous. The proposal was a misguided...

Doug Burford has always been a dreamer. The local ad man’s latest flight of fancy is a plan to promote Richmond as the nation’s most historic...

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...