The immigration “debate” that seems to be growing in this country and throughout Virginia has many disquieting overtones. The most obvious, of course, are the thinly veiled expressions of deep racial and ethnic prejudice. These are strongly and heatedly denied, but I grew up in the Deep South in the forties and fifties and I know one when I hear it.
The immigration “debate” that seems to be growing in this country and throughout Virginia has many disquieting overtones. The most obvious, of course, are the thinly veiled expressions of deep racial and ethnic prejudice. These are strongly and heatedly denied, but I grew up in the Deep South in the forties and fifties and I know one when I hear it.
Charlotte Lieu scored 17 points for the girls, Marques Myles led the boys with 18, and Meridian High School basketball grabbed a pair of home wins against Christ Chapel Academy
Noon Madness in Fairfax — Mason Ends 10-Year Home Drought vs. VCU, Wins 86–80 It wasn’t a Saturday night spotlight. It was high noon in Fairfax and it still felt
Charlotte Lieu scored 20 points and the Meridian High School girls’ basketball team beat Brentsville 37-27 to improve to 9-0 in the 2025-26 season. After trouncing Manassas Park to the
FAIRFAX — The best start in George Mason men’s basketball history now comes with one of the biggest home games the Patriots have hosted in years — and it arrives
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Our Man In Arlington
Tom Whipple
The immigration “debate” that seems to be growing in this country and throughout Virginia has many disquieting overtones. The most obvious, of course, are the thinly veiled expressions of deep racial and ethnic prejudice. These are strongly and heatedly denied, but I grew up in the Deep South in the forties and fifties and I know one when I hear it.
The immigration “debate” that seems to be growing in this country and throughout Virginia has many disquieting overtones. The most obvious, of course, are the thinly veiled expressions of deep racial and ethnic prejudice. These are strongly and heatedly denied, but I grew up in the Deep South in the forties and fifties and I know one when I hear it.
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