Graham Road Elementary School to Relocate The Fairfax County School Board has voted to relocate Graham Road Elementary School (3036 Graham Road, Falls Church) from its current location to the current Devonshire Center site (2831 Graham Road Falls Church). Renovation of the Devonshire site is scheduled to be completed […]
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The Peak Oil Crisis: Speculation, Subsidies & Megacities
The energy issue of the week is whether high gasoline prices are being caused by supply no longer being able to keep with demand or by speculators garnering untoward riches at the expense of hardworking motorists.
The Peak Oil Crisis: The Secretary of Transition
As gasoline prices go higher and higher and as the polls show voters more and more concerned about how they are going to fill their tanks, the Congress is starting to stir.
Delegate Hull’s News from the Coffin Corner
The regular session of the General Assembly adjourned on March 13 and we immediately went into a special session called to handle a bond bill.
The Peak Oil Crisis: The Silly Season Is Upon Us
During the past week, the surge in oil prices continued with crude, gasoline and diesel prices all hitting new highs.
Maureen Dowd: Black, White & Gray
PHILADELPHIA — In many ways, Barack Obama’s speech on race was momentous and edifying.
Delegate Hull’s Richmond Report
Almost Done The General Assembly was scheduled for final adjournment of the 60-day 2008 session this past Saturday.
Nicholas F. Benton: Why Did Spitzer Do It?
The precipitous fall from grace of New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer this week has routinely left the pundits shaking their heads. His case, and those of Sen. Larry Craig, former New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey, the Rev. Ted Haggard and so many others in political or religious leadership positions, always […]
David Brooks: The Identity Trap
When Hillary Clinton is good on the Sunday talk shows, she is really, really good. But when she is bad, she’s atrocious. When she talks about policy, she will dazzle you. When her own ambitions are on the line, it’s time to reach for the sick bag.
Nicholas F. Benton: The Dreaded
Remarkably, there are simply no indicators suggesting a rosy coming period for the U.S. economy. None, not one. On the other hand, there are plenty of arrows, and thumbs, pointing downward. No one has said how the gaping hole caused by the sub-prime mortgage crisis and related predatory lending policies […]