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D.C. school vouchers: An opportunity for autonomy
By José E. Serrano Washington When I assumed the chairmanship of the House Appropriations subcommittee that oversees federal payments to the District, I announced that I was not interested in being a second mayor. Toward that end, I have worked...
By Michael Larabee | November 23, 2009; 02:54 PM ET | Comments (0)
Why we need the Washington Blade
By Kevin Naff Washington On Nov. 16, after slightly more than 40 years as the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender news source of record, the Washington Blade abruptly shut down when parent company Window Media moved into Chapter 7 bankruptcy....
By Michael Larabee | November 19, 2009; 10:30 AM ET | Comments (3)
A publicly funded charity should serve the public
By Mark Levine Washington The Catholic Church’s complaint rings hollow. No charity should take millions of dollars from taxpayers and then treat as second-class citizens the very taxpayers who fund it. Gay men and lesbians pay taxes, too. Catholic Charities...
By Michael Larabee | November 18, 2009; 04:05 PM ET | Comments (13)
Closure in the sniper’s execution
By Harise Poland Wright Silver Spring I have been reading the debate on whether the execution of the D.C. sniper John Allen Muhammad offered closure to the victims’ families. I feel very fortunate not to have been a victim, or...
By washingtonpost.com editors | November 18, 2009; 12:32 PM ET | Comments (3)
Half measures on D.C. bike safety
By Kesh Ladduwahetty Washington Thank you for the Nov. 14 Metro article “No doubt about it — this lane is for bike traffic,” on the new, protected bicycle lane on a section of 15th Street. It is encouraging to see...
By Michael Larabee | November 17, 2009; 09:59 AM ET | Comments (9)
A closet Catholic's lament
By Jennie Kushlis Washington I was deeply saddened to learn that the Roman Catholic Church has gotten so involved in the local debate on same-sex marriage. More accurately, I cringed with embarrassment that the only faith I’ve ever known for...
By Michael Larabee | November 16, 2009; 02:56 PM ET | Comments (9)
Breaking free of bystander culture
By Linda Dunphy Arlington Last month’s gang rape in Richmond, Calif., was appalling, frightening and, sadly, emblematic of a much broader problem. After a homecoming dance, a 15-year-old girl was raped by as many as 10 young men in front...
By Michael Larabee | November 16, 2009; 09:45 AM ET | Comments (0)
A wider I-270: How two lanes beats four
By Phil Andrews Gaithersburg A recent state proposal to address traffic-choked Interstate 270 would add four lanes between Shady Grove Road and Urbana, and two lanes between Urbana and the city of Frederick. But after reviewing the state’s long-term traffic...
By Michael Larabee | November 13, 2009; 07:05 PM ET | Comments (4)
ABC Privatization: The numbers don't add up
By Kevin M. Raymond Dale City On the Nov. 8 Local Opinions page, Garrett Peck presented an interesting historical treatise on Virginia’s Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) laws. Supporting Gov.-elect Robert F. McDonnell’s campaign promise, Peck cited the reasons why the...
By Michael Larabee | November 13, 2009; 12:30 PM ET | Comments (0)
The wrong way to win the right to marry
By Doug Mainwaring Potomac Same-sex marriage has been defeated by popular vote in 31 states, most recently in Maine. It has been legalized through court rulings or legislation in five. While legalization in these states is claimed as a victory...
By Michael Larabee | November 12, 2009; 09:10 AM ET | Comments (16)
ABC privatization: Who would get hurt
By John J. Wolff Rockville Regarding Garrett Peck’s Nov. 8 Local Opinions article “Closing time for Virginia’s ABC stores”: Change always has losers and winners. If Virginia’s state-run liquor stores were privatized, the losers would be the hundreds of state...
By Michael Larabee | November 11, 2009; 11:52 AM ET | Comments (1)
Don't mess with Virginia's ABC stores
By Bob Hugman Woodbridge In his Nov. 8 Local Opinions piece, Garrett Peck argued for the privatization of Virginia’s Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) liquor stores. He stated that the ABC concept grew out of Prohibition and that “ABC was once...
By Michael Larabee | November 10, 2009; 04:18 PM ET | Comments (14)
A Democrat for ABC privatization
By Lew Sherman Fawn Lake, Va. Regarding Garrett Peck’s Nov. 8 Local Opinions commentary, “Closing time for Virginia’s ABC stores”: As a Democrat, I’d venture to guess that there are a few who would call me a socialist, if not...
By Michael Larabee | November 9, 2009; 01:37 PM ET | Comments (5)
Policing speech is part of a good school's job
By Tom Farquhar Potomac Post education blogger Valerie Strauss concluded that “sanity was restored” when Churchill High School officials reversed their decision to cancel a student production of “Chicago” [The Answer Sheet, Oct. 29]. Later she said, “I think this...
By Michael Larabee | November 6, 2009; 06:33 PM ET | Comments (7)
A page from the Redskins' playbook
By Jill Homan Washington District residents have seen it before with Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder. But now, we are witnessing it with the D.C. Council’s approach to Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee. Micromanagement does not work. While Snyder’s poor...
By Michael Larabee | November 5, 2009; 05:47 PM ET | Comments (4)
How Rhee lost her teachers
By Virginia R. Pass Silver Spring I do not understand The Post’s trust in D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee. She is running roughshod over the rights of teachers, all the while claiming that she is acting in the best...
By Michael Larabee | November 5, 2009; 10:00 AM ET | Comments (6)
The wife app
By Bonnie Marcus Oakton My husband got an iPhone last month. It’s as if he died and went to heaven. I have been instructed to stop calling him so much and just send him an e-mail. This could be the...
By Michael Larabee | November 4, 2009; 11:32 AM ET | Comments (7)
Addition through subtraction at one D.C. school
By Mary Siddall Washington Once a month, the principal of my daughter’s D.C. public school — Ross Elementary in Northwest — hosts an informal coffee with parents. It’s always held in the morning, right after the children are dropped off....
By Michael Larabee | November 3, 2009; 05:46 PM ET | Comments (35)
Trying to catch the vaccine
By J.W. Evans Arlington Rejection seems to be the theme of my week when it comes to locating the swine flu vaccine, and it’s turning me into a stressed-out, neurotic mother. Clinics are disorganized, the guidelines differ, and no matter...
By Michael Larabee | October 30, 2009; 10:07 AM ET | Comments (3)
Beating Metro on my bike
By Ian Spivack Vienna For the past five years, I have been riding Metrorail to and from work between Vienna and White Flint. Before the Metro accident in June, my rush-hour commute took one hour. Now, this same commute takes...
By Michael Larabee | October 29, 2009; 11:55 AM ET | Comments (10)
Running into America at Wisconsin and M
By Rick Rickertsen Washington I saw the best of Washington on a street corner Sunday morning. I saw, and I felt, a city that was fully together, all pulling in one direction, all pulling for each person. I have not...
By Michael Larabee | October 27, 2009; 03:19 PM ET | Comments (0)
Cellphones, sure. But about those announcements?
By Helen Li Washington Now that Metro is working with cellphone providers to expand coverage so that more passengers can communicate wirelessly, when can we expect improved communications directly from Metrorail conductors? When passengers’ personal conversations are louder than the...
By Michael Larabee | October 27, 2009; 10:07 AM ET | Comments (0)
You can fight, but you can't vote
By Nelson F. Rimensnyder Washington Six years ago, my son, James Rimensnyder, then a West Point cadet and a newly registered voter, testified before the D.C. Republican Committee on voting representation in Congress for D. C. residents. The committee was...
By Michael Larabee | October 23, 2009; 12:27 PM ET | Comments (1)
My Health-Care Story: Paging Dr. Popular
By Adam Ross If my primary-care physician was in high school, he’d be voted prom king. I called his office last week hoping to set up an appointment for a physical and to get something that had been worrying me...
By Michael Larabee | October 22, 2009; 02:39 PM ET | Comments (3)
Why Chief Zee Matters
By Bernard G. Elliker Laurel Courtland Milloy missed the point entirely in characterizing unofficial Washington Redskins mascot “Chief Zee” as a pathetic reminder of, as the headline said, a “sorry tradition” of denigrating Native Americans [Metro, Oct. 21]. On the...
By Michael Larabee | October 22, 2009; 09:37 AM ET | Comments (6)
D.C. health reform in one simple step
By Walter Smith Washington Many insurance companies are using their influence on Capitol Hill to oppose the health-care reform proposals before Congress. However that congressional battle plays out, here in the District we have an opportunity right now to compel...
By Michael Larabee | October 21, 2009; 12:06 PM ET | Comments (3)
Marriage Equality's False Divides
By Dennis W. Wiley and Robert M. Hardies Washington As the struggle for marriage equality moves to the nation's capital, the District of Columbia is debunking many of the myths surrounding this important human rights issue. For instance, few would...
By Stephen Stromberg | October 16, 2009; 01:31 PM ET | Comments (18)
In Layoffs and Test Scores, Pain and Gain for D.C. Schools
By Katherine Bradley and John Hill Washington Amid the controversy over the D.C. public school system's Oct. 2 layoffs of more than 220 teachers, a novel and important fact keeps getting buried. The District's layoffs did not follow the tradition...
By Stephen Stromberg | October 16, 2009; 01:18 PM ET | Comments (14)
My Health-Care Story: Over 50 and Out of Luck
By John Hewko Washington I am a Republican who did not vote for President Obama, but I support his health-care initiative because I have just experienced first-hand our system's dysfunctional wrath -- and it isn't pretty. Recently, I left my...
By Michael Larabee | October 13, 2009; 09:54 AM ET | Comments (19)
My Endorsement: Honest With the People
The Post is asking readers to make the case for their favored candidate in the Virginia governor’s race in 200 words or less. By Nancy Martin-Finks Harrisonburg Supports: R. Creigh Deeds Party Identification: Independent 2005 Vote: Timothy M. Kaine Does...
By Michael Larabee | October 12, 2009; 07:00 AM ET | Comments (1)
My Endorsement: Values Matter
The Post is asking readers to make the case for their favored candidate in the Virginia governor’s race in 200 words or less. By Tamasine Wood-Creighton Leesburg Supports: Robert F. McDonnell Party Identification: Republican 2005 Vote: Did not vote. Twenty-seven...
By Michael Larabee | October 11, 2009; 04:45 PM ET | Comments (2)
My Endorsement: A Jim Olin Democrat
The Post is asking readers to make the case for their favored candidate in the Virginia governor’s race in 200 words or less. By Phyllis Olin Charlottesville Supports: R. Creigh Deeds Party Identification: Democrat 2005 Vote: Timothy M. Kaine My...
By Michael Larabee | October 9, 2009; 02:58 PM ET | Comments (1)
D.C. Can't Fire Its Way to Better Schools
By George Parker Washington All of us who care about our children, our community and our collective futures want our schools to be the very best; nobody wants this more than D.C.’s public school teachers. The Washington Teachers Union supported...
By Michael Larabee | October 8, 2009; 01:41 PM ET | Comments (13)
Fighting Driving and Dialing in D.C.
By Richard Doege Washington Last week, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood hosted the Distracted Driving Summit, where it was noted that 80 percent of all automobile accidents are related to driver inattention. And among all of the possible driving distractions, the...
By Michael Larabee | October 7, 2009; 12:12 PM ET | Comments (4)
My Endorsement: Hallmarks of a Good Governor
The Post is asking readers to make the case for their favored candidate in the Virginia governor’s race in 200 words or less. Lu Ann Maciulla McNabb Centreville Supports: R. Creigh Deeds Party Identification: Democrat 2005 Vote: Timothy M....
By Michael Larabee | October 5, 2009; 09:57 AM ET | Comments (0)
The Hound Dog Next Door
By Andrew Walton Washington It is said that on Capitol Hill, there are even more dogs than lawyers. And, of course, there is that old chestnut, usually attributed to Harry Truman: “If you want a friend in Washington, get a...
By Michael Larabee | October 4, 2009; 07:00 AM ET | Comments (2)
My Endorsement: What Drives McDonnell
The Post is asking readers to make the case for their favored candidate in the Virginia governor’s race in 200 words or less. By Teresa H. Stillion Alexandria Supports: Robert F. McDonnell Party Identification: None 2005 Vote: Jerry W. Kilgore...
By Michael Larabee | October 2, 2009; 09:55 AM ET | Comments (0)
My Endorsement: McDonnell's Life of Service
The Post is asking readers to make the case for their favored candidate in the Virginia governor’s race in 200 words or less. By Alexis L. Mazzocco Oak Hill Supports: Robert F. McDonnell Party Identification: Republican 2005 Vote: Jerry W....
By Michael Larabee | October 1, 2009; 10:06 AM ET | Comments (2)
My Endorsement: A Career Woman for Deeds
The Post is asking readers to make the case for their favored candidate in the Virginia governor’s race in 200 words or less. By Mary Jones Berry Gainesville Supports: R. Creigh Deeds Party Identification: Democrat 2005 Vote: Tim Kaine I...
By Michael Larabee | September 30, 2009; 10:19 AM ET | Comments (2)
My Endorsement: Straight Talk From Creigh Deeds
The Post is asking readers to make the case for their favored candidate in the Virginia governor’s race in 200 words or less. By Jerome I. Chapman Alexandria Supports: R. Creigh Deeds Party Identification: Democrat 2005 Vote: Tim Kaine Because...
By Michael Larabee | September 29, 2009; 07:14 PM ET | Comments (1)
Magic Wands? Glass Slippers? Funding D.C. Nonprofits
By Marianne Scott Washington When the clock strikes midnight on Sept. 30, public-private partnerships will be severed all across the District. Public grants to nonprofit groups that foster youth leadership, preserve the city’s heritage, engage residents in finding community-based solutions...
By Michael Larabee | September 27, 2009; 07:00 AM ET | Comments (2)
My Health-Care Story: What 'Cadillac' Really Means
By Jacqueline Iannuzzi Annapolis I have a great comprehensive health-care plan through my employer. I am not subject to time-consuming pre-authorizations and coverage denials based on technicalities, as with some other plans I’ve had. With a co-payment, I can go...
By Michael Larabee | September 24, 2009; 09:59 AM ET | Comments (9)
Metrorail to Dulles: Why So Slow?
By Roger M. Firestone Oakton In 1881, the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railway, better known as the Nickel Plate Road, began construction of a main line from Buffalo to Chicago. In 500 days, the railroad completed more than...
By Michael Larabee | September 24, 2009; 07:00 AM ET | Comments (1)
My Health-Care Story: Penny-Wise and Flu-Foolish
By Joe Mistrett Chevy Chase Let me give you an example of how ridiculous health care has become in this country, and I have good insurance. (Although not as good, I’m sure, as that of the self-aggrandizing members of Congress...
By Michael Larabee | September 23, 2009; 09:53 AM ET | Comments (1)
Teaching All the Wrong Lessons in Howard County
By Julie Christiansen Heleba Ellicott City A few days before President Obama’s speech to America’s schoolchildren, Howard County school administrators advised principals that the address could be shown at their discretion. Hours after that e-mail went out, some other parents...
By Michael Larabee | September 22, 2009; 10:05 AM ET | Comments (1)
Red Line Blues
By Matt Patterson Rockville Tuesday, Aug. 25. 7 p.m. After a long day at work, I haul my bone-tired bod down to the DuPont Circle Metro station. I swipe my SmarTrip card. Nothing. I swipe it again. Nothing. By now...
By Michael Larabee | September 18, 2009; 01:52 PM ET | Comments (3)
Where the Wild Things Were
By Betsy Karasik Washington When my brother and I were very small, our parents bought a lot on a cul-de-sac in Glen Echo and built a house there. Our street was still largely undeveloped, and our house was perched on...
By Michael Larabee | September 14, 2009; 10:13 AM ET | Comments (3)
Scary Scenes on the Billy Goat Trail
By Bruce Weissgold Annandale Regarding the Sept. 8 Metro article “Copter Aids Rescue of Bride-To-Be”: I was hiking on the Billy Goat Trail at the C&O Canal National Historical Park with my two daughters, ages 8 and 11, just a...
By Michael Larabee | September 11, 2009; 06:45 PM ET | Comments (1)
The New Walter Reed: Less Than 'World Class'?
By Stephen Schimpff Columbia We Americans owe our servicemen and women, especially our wounded warriors, the very best in medical care. With the construction of a “new Walter Reed” in Bethesda, we have a unique opportunity to ensure that they...
By Michael Larabee | September 11, 2009; 11:45 AM ET | Comments (3)
Jaywalkers for a Good Cause?
By Martha Powers Fairfax Every year, I think this can’t really be happening. Volunteers at major intersections, strolling between cars at red lights, asking for donations to the Muscular Dystrophy Association’s “Fill the Boot” campaign. Are we really allowing this?...
By Michael Larabee | September 10, 2009; 07:00 AM ET | Comments (5)
My Health-Care Story: The Right Kind of Rationing
By Elizabeth Hofmeister Bethesda In 2007, my mother died at 85 of renal poisoning stemming from kidney failure. My brothers and I were told by her doctor that she was not a candidate for kidney dialysis. Was this health-care rationing?...
By Michael Larabee | September 8, 2009; 04:59 PM ET | Comments (1)
Family or Foster Care? A Death Shows the Stakes
Matthew Joseph Silver Spring The death of 3-year-old DeSean Tyrese Wade in Waldorf on Aug. 19, which has resulted in a charge of child abuse, has troubling implications for child welfare case practices in Charles and Prince George’s counties. My...
By Michael Larabee | September 6, 2009; 06:00 AM ET | Comments (0)
Judges Delayed, Justice Threatened
By Carl Tobias Richmond At the moment Barack Obama was elected president, four of 15 judgeships stood open on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit. As I said in a Local Opinions commentary I wrote shortly after...
By Michael Larabee | September 3, 2009; 03:37 PM ET | Comments (1)
On D.C. Schools, No News Is Good News
By Matthew Hammond Washington This past week has been notable in the more than 10 years that I have lived in the District. With children returning to school this past week, there has been one noticeable absence in The Post:...
By Michael Larabee | September 3, 2009; 10:12 AM ET | Comments (3)
My Health-Care Story: A Controlled Experiment
By Tom Smerling Chevy Chase When my father died last year, I inherited a 15-inch stack of medical bills. I sorted it into two piles: Medicare vs. private supplemental insurance. The Medicare statements, I quickly discovered, required zero work. They...
By Michael Larabee | September 2, 2009; 06:00 AM ET | Comments (2)
Gun Owners' Next Victory in D.C.
By Robert A. Levy Washington The Supreme Court, in District of Columbia v. Heller, declared that Washington’s 32-year ban on all functional firearms violated the Second Amendment. Justice Antonin Scalia’s majority opinion, however, applied only to possession of guns in...
By Michael Larabee | September 1, 2009; 11:00 AM ET | Comments (32)
Squeezing Our Wineries
By Crystal Lal Cheverly Two articles in the Aug. 19 Food section got my blood boiling about an issue that I had greatly hoped was moving forward in Maryland: making local wines more available in farmers markets. One article pointed...
By Michael Larabee | August 31, 2009; 02:37 PM ET | Comments (0)
Slaughter of the Pit Bulls
By Tonya Miller Temple Hills Regarding the Aug. 17 Metro article, “Pr. George’s Ban on Pit Bulls Resists Tenacious Opposition”: I read the article with sadness, because I well know the indifference of the Prince George’s County Council regarding this...
By Michael Larabee | August 28, 2009; 09:49 AM ET | Comments (11)
A Marriage Like Any Other
By Rich Madaleno Kensington In 2002, I became the first openly gay person elected to the Maryland General Assembly. It was important to me to be straightforward about who I was while not being pigeonholed as “the gay guy.” I...
By Michael Larabee | August 27, 2009; 06:00 AM ET | Comments (30)
D.C. Before A/C: A Weather Story for the Ages
By John Lockwood Washington “Sizzle, Swelter, Scorch, Suffer.” — Front page, The Washington Post, Aug. 7, 1906 As a part-time writer, I spend a lot of time at Library of Congress, going through old magazines and newspapers, including The Post....
By Michael Larabee | August 26, 2009; 12:27 PM ET | Comments (0)
My Health-Care Story: Just Don't Get Sick
By Frank Hoerster Woodbridge Your insurance is fine — until you get sick. In 2003, my wife was diagnosed with lung cancer at 53. My first experience with our health insurer was the rejection of a claim because her biopsy...
By Michael Larabee | August 25, 2009; 10:26 AM ET | Comments (1)
Food for Thought at Tastee Diner
Tastee Diner released this grainy surveillance video after a recent controversy involving two lesbians, who were reportedly asked by a manager to leave the restaurant for expressing affection. The couple, Aiyi-nah Ford and Torian Brown, said they were simply...
By Washington Post Editors | August 21, 2009; 01:14 PM ET | Comments (22)
Boxed In by Fairfax Schools' 'Race Survey Form'
By Brad Johnson McLean This week, I received a letter (actually, my “parents and guardians” received it, but I’m old enough to speak for myself) from Fairfax School Superintendent Jack D. Dale informing me that I must fill out an...
By Michael Larabee | August 20, 2009; 06:30 AM ET | Comments (5)
Stopping Metrorail Suicides
By Donald E. White Falls Church On Aug. 12, for the fifth time since June, someone was struck and killed apparently after intentionally stepping in front of a moving Metro train. Many people might agree with the Orange Line passenger...
By Michael Larabee | August 19, 2009; 06:30 AM ET | Comments (3)
Ribbon-Cutting for a Health-Care Redundancy
By M. Stephen Mandell Jr. Bowling Green On July 27, first lady Michelle Obama cut a ribbon to herald the opening of a community health clinic in rural Bowling Green, Va., about 40 miles north of Richmond. Her appearance was...
By Michael Larabee | August 18, 2009; 11:20 AM ET | Comments (0)
Two Tests in One
By Joyce Nalepka Silver Spring Regarding the Aug. 5 front-page story “D.C. to Offer STD Tests in Every High School”: I strongly urge that, while they test for sexually transmitted diseases, the D.C. school system and school board invest in...
By Michael Larabee | August 17, 2009; 06:30 AM ET | Comments (1)
A Hard Call Kaine Probably Got Right
By Richard Cullen Richmond Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine’s Aug. 6 decision to grant only a conditional pardon in the case of the so-called “Norfolk 4” has satisfied no one, including The Post’s editorial page. I publicly supported the petitioners’ requests...
By Michael Larabee | August 13, 2009; 05:49 PM ET | Comments (0)
Mixing With the Crowd at a Health-Care Town Hall
By Jack Kinstlinger Sparks On Monday, I arrived at Towson University at 6:15 p.m. to attend Sen. Ben Cardin’s town hall meeting on health-care reform. It was a stiflingly hot and humid evening, so I expected a rather small crowd....
By Michael Larabee | August 13, 2009; 07:00 AM ET | Comments (4)
A Bethesda Speed Trap
S.D. Soopramanien Chevy Chase When my husband and I both picked up our first-ever speeding tickets during the same week and along the same westbound stretch of East West Highway between Connecticut and Wisconsin avenues in Bethesda, we figured that...
By Michael Larabee | August 12, 2009; 10:39 AM ET | Comments (3)
Hate Speech Against the Police
By Annyce Andresen Alexandria In his Aug. 9 Local Opinions commentary, “My ‘Crime’ on U Street? Offending the Police,” Pepin Andrew Tuma took pains to paint the police officers who arrested him as dangerous. Certainly, if true, their lying about...
By Michael Larabee | August 11, 2009; 12:52 PM ET | Comments (8)
Dodging Bicycles in D.C.
By Diane Gibbs Washington I live on a main avenue in the District. If I had a buck for every time I was almost hit by a speeding bicycle, I’d have a nice nest egg by now. Recently, I was...
By Michael Larabee | August 11, 2009; 07:00 AM ET | Comments (8)
Nothing 'Shocking' About This Arrest
By James Brady McLean I don’t find it “shocking” that Pepin Andrew Tuma ["My 'Crime' on U Street? Offending the Police," Local Opinions, Aug. 9] was arrested for disorderly conduct after walking past five or six police cars “engaged in...
By Michael Larabee | August 10, 2009; 06:10 PM ET | Comments (0)
A Page From Professor Gates's Script
By Steve Lenkart Alexandria In his Local Opinions commentary, "My 'Crime' on U Street? Offending the Police," Pepin Andrew Tuma wrote about his shock at being arrested by D.C. police after chanting in a public place (and directly in front...
By Michael Larabee | August 10, 2009; 05:39 PM ET | Comments (1)
STD Tests at High School?
Celia Maxwell Washington There is broad agreement among District educators and health officials that testing high school students for sexually transmitted diseases is a good idea ["D.C. to Offer STD Tests in Every High School," front page, Aug. 5]. But...
By Stephen Stromberg | August 10, 2009; 12:31 PM ET | Comments (0)
Return to the Nest
By Maura Pennington Arlington As more and more new college graduates fly back to the nurtured nests of their childhoods, it seems the homes we should have outgrown have adapted to fit our adult needs in a way our parents...
By Michael Larabee | August 7, 2009; 12:01 PM ET | Comments (4)
Why I Endorsed Creigh Deeds
By Martin Williams Newport News With mounting transportation problems, a tough economic climate and a difficult budget situation, Virginia’s next governor has a challenge ahead of him. Put simply, Virginia needs a leader for trying times, someone who can work...
By Vince Rinehart | July 31, 2009; 09:28 PM ET | Comments (5)
Charter Schools Aren't the Solution
By Kitty J. Boitnott Richmond The Obama administration and The Post are fascinated with charter schools, but charters do not make sense for Virginia. Maybe charter schools are needed in the District or Chicago, but in Virginia they are a...
By Stephen Stromberg | July 13, 2009; 02:43 PM ET | Comments (2)
