Archive: Virginia
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
If Not Wal-Mart... ?
By Joseph W. McKinney Brandy Station The controversy over the “Wilderness Wal-Mart” proposed in Virginia’s Orange County reminds me of the time in the 1990s when the Walt Disney Co. proposed building a theme park in western Prince William County....
By Michael Larabee | August 6, 2009; 09:58 AM ET | Comments (1)
