Sure, Election Day 2009 will scare moderate Democrats and make passage of Obamacare more difficult. Sure, it makes it easier for resurgent Republicans...

WASHINGTON Actress Cate Blanchett, who has played Queen Elizabeth I, is performing here, portraying someone less than regal—flurried, anxious Blanche...

Six years ago San Franciso, a black hole of liberalism—infinitely dense—became the first major U.S. city to adopt the precautionary principle....

SOCIAL TRENDS BOSTON Not long ago a group of writers decided to publish a book of essays we called: Feminism Made Me Happy. It was an in-your-face title,...

WASHINGTON Bob McDonnell’s decisive victory is even more impressive if one stops to acknowledge that it came in the face of incredibly daunting opposition,...

Amy Sullivan, Time Magazine: Does Focus on the Family fund abortions? It does if you hold the organization to the same standard it uses to insist that...

WASHINGTON Old Soviet joke: Moscow, 1953. Stalin calls in Khrushchev. “Niki, I’m dying. Don’t have much to leave you. Just three envelopes....

WASHINGTON Regardless of age, the economic crisis has had an impact on all of our lives. It has touched every family in some way, and its effects continue...

CHARLOTTESVILLE Afundamental foreign policy dilemma faces President Obama this fall: How can the United States pay for its growing economic and security...

An imaginary conversation . . . Obama: You’re back. Yes indeed. Happy holidays, Mr. President. Aren’t you pushing the season a little? Not...

The recession and resulting loss of jobs and business activity present state leaders with a unique set of challenges to attract and retain top industries...

Having had the honor to serve on the State Council for Higher Education of Virginia (SCHEV) for the past four years, and having completed a two-year term...

Mark Ryan’s Op/Ed column yesterday misstated Wellpoint’s profits. In 2008, the health insurance company reported $61 billion in revenue and...

The public health insurance option has been declared dead many times over the past few months. Monday, it was revived once again. Harry Reid’s inclusion...

WASHINGTON During his immersion in his new job, Gil Kerlikowske attended a focus group of 7-year-old girls and was mystified by their talk about “farm...

WASHINGTON As if President Obama didn’t have enough on his plate with health care and Afghanistan, he’s now faced with the problem that can’t...

Our votes must be counted accurately even if computer software fails. That simple concept has been championed by technology experts in Virginia and around...

The math scores from a national test called “The Nation’s Report Card” are in, and there’s reason to be concerned. According to...

WASHINGTON In the health care debate, the “public plan” is all things to all people. For supporters, it would discipline greedy private insurers...

Have you seen the advertising campaign for Dos Equis beer featuring “The Most Interesting Man in the World”? Each commercial depicts exploits...

WASHINGTON Rahm Emanuel once sent a dead fish to a live pollster. Now he’s put a horse’s head in Roger Ailes’ bed. Not very subtle. And...

BOSTON This story begins, as do so many dramas, at the box office. We are standing in line, three generations defined by a three-tier price structure:...

On the landscape of happenings suggesting the direction of things these days, maybe you missed . . . That Democrats supposedly are “vexed”...

CHARLOTTESVILLE We’re heading ‘round the final bend in this year’s Virginia contest for governor, so it’s time to take a look at...

One Friday in late August, I attended the United States Marine Corps Evening Parade with an unusual guest, a retired judge and combat veteran from Alexandria,...

Deeds Appreciates State’s Rich Diversity Editor, Times-Dispatch: Creigh Deeds should be our next governor. Currently representing the 25th District...

If the Bush administration had spent two consecutive weeks urging the nation’s media to ignore anything reported by, say, The New York Times because...

FAIRFAX The ground was soft and muddy, but the atmosphere was jovial. Gov. Tim Kaine and then-Attorney General Bob McDonnell were in attendance. Fried...

WASHINGTON Three years before Rep. Wilbur Mills, the Arkansas Democrat who then chaired the Ways and Means Committee, had his fling with a stripper named...

Most educators are committed to the idea of giving every child every chance to succeed every day in our public schools. Yet Virginia’s 2009 on-time...