The repeal of Prohibition did not utterly eradicate the production of moonshine, in part because repeal was only partial itself. But Prohibition’s...

WASHINGTON Demure Delaware was the first state to ratify the Constitution, but since then has not made many waves. It might, however, be part of a political...

STAUNTON As debates about climate change and health care engulf America, we cannot overlook a recent anniversary marking one lost year and counting. When...

ARLINGTON Earlier this month, it was announced in Washington that the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee would be named the lead sponsor...

On Oct. 1, Beijing marked the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China (more precisely, the consolidation of power by the...

WASHINGTON Every generation of Americans should live better than its predecessor. That’s Americans’ core definition of economic “progress.“...

WASHINGTON Virginia women have plenty of reason to feel offended by their state’s gubernatorial race, though not because the Republican candidate...

Wandering among issues currently in the news . . . The unemployment rate hit 9.8 percent in September—the 21st consecutive month of job losses....

Virginians are being fed a hefty dose of PR lately by those who would open our coast for the first time ever to offshore oil and gas drilling. They claim...

The genius of democracy is the rotation of power, which forces the opposition to be serious—particularly about things like war, about which until...

For those whose lives revolve primarily around real people in real time and real space, hurry, go hide. Here’s what you missed in the social networking...

I suppose there is something charming about watching conservative politicians in Texas trying so ardently to preserve a same-sex marriage. How else can...

WASHINGTON In the Niagara of words spoken and written about the Obamas’ trip to Copenhagen, too few have been devoted to the words they spoke there....

Los Angeles Times: Preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons is a bit like achieving peace between the Israelis and Palestinians—the steps we...

Critics of the various health care reform proposals currently before Congress have focused on a variety of flaws, from the extraordinarily high costs to...

WASHINGTON Last Thursday, the president’s “engagement” with Iran began. This Wednesday, the U.S. war in Afghanistan will enter its ninth...

WASHINGTON How close did we come to the Great Depression 2.0? That question will spawn a cottage industry of books, studies, and conferences. But Christina...

During October, Virginia will host two of the largest gun shows in North America: the Nation’s Gun Show in Chantilly (yesterday and today) and the...

President Obama, I support the Americans’ outstretched hand. But what did the international community gain from these offers of dialogue? Nothing.—French...

‘Sfunny in this hour of Afghanistan, Iran, North Korea, and Iraq that perhaps nothing tells us quite so much about the incumbent D.C. administration...

BOSTON My favorite moment so far in the health care debate was when Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl argued against mandating maternity benefits as part of a basic...

There is a lot of confusion and misinformation circulating about the cap-and-trade mechanism in the energy and climate legislation being debated before...

Plateau in Temperatures Adds Difficulty to Task Of Reaching a Solution—New York Times, Sept. 23 WASHINGTON In this headline on a New York Times story...

WASHINGTON What’s driving the great health debate of 2009 is not a popular clamor for universal insurance. “Many Americans are balking again...

In the coming months, as health insurance reform moves down on the front page, Congress will redirect its attention to reforming our nation’s financial...

In the coming months, as health insurance reform moves down on the front page, Congress will redirect its attention to reforming our nation’s financial...

CHARLOTTESVILLE Three major foreign policy decisions must be made by the Obama administration by the end of the year: (1) whether to increase U.S. troop...

This time of year Jews are asked to look back and do a “soul inventory”—to seek forgiveness from those we have wronged and to grant forgiveness...

Virginia’s ambitious partnership with Northrop Grumman to modernize, synchronize, and secure the state’s information technology network is...

Del. James Massie’s recent op/ed suggests that the Employee Free Choice Act will adversely affect Virginia’s prosperity. On the contrary, the...