Last Monday evening, I went to the Arlington County Main Library to see a new television production on the massive efforts that went into the development of the land use plan for the Metro corridors planned for Arlington.
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Business News & Notes: May 7 – 13, 2009
News Congratulations to Dr. Ralph Perrino of the NVA Tutoring Service who will be one of eight individuals honored with an Arlington County Community Hero Award at 11:30 am on Neighborhood Day May 16 at Ballston Common Mall.
Church Defectors Seek to Divert Building Funds to Legal Defense
Facing an appeal filed this week to the Virginia Supreme Court of decisions made in their favor at the circuit court level last year, defectors from the Episcopal Church, USA, occupying the historic Falls Church property downtown in the City of Falls Church, are asking parishioners for permission to loot […]
Congressman Moran’s News Commentary
Protecting the human rights of all people, no matter where they live, should continue to be a major component of U.S. foreign policy.
Editorial: Grasping the Emergency
Last Friday’s urgently-called special briefing by U.S. Rep. Jim Moran to local government leaders in his district, including Arlington and the City of Falls Church, was one of the most extraordinary public meetings in the memory of this newspaper.
Helen Thomas: National Leaders Let It Slip Out
WASHINGTON – Now they tell us!
Anything But Straight: The Day After A Democratic Victory
Who can blame John McCain and Sarah Palin for saying that Barack Obama is “palling around with terrorists?” The GOP ticket is bombing so badly that they must blow up the race to have a shot at winning.
Editorial: How Far We Have Come
This newspaper hit the milestone of 900 consecutive weekly editions last week, covering a span of almost 17 and a half years.
Nicholas F. Benton:Will Obama & UCC Make Up?
NEWARK, Delaware – The Rev. Dr. John Thomas, the general minister and president of the 1.2 million-member United Church of Christ (UCC) denomination, told 250 delegates to the annual meeting of the UCC’s Central Atlantic Conference at a forum on the University of Delaware campus here Saturday that Sen. Barack […]
David Brooks: A Network of Truces
The U.S. brought no shortage of misconceptions into Iraq, but surely the longest lasting has been what you might call: Founding Fatherism. This is the belief that peace will come to the country when the nation’s political elites gather at a convention hall and make a series of grand compromises […]
