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Letters to the Editor for September 18 – 24, 2008
Key Questions in Providing Special Needs Editor, As a citizen of Falls Church City since 1995, I feel compelled to respond to the numerous letters specific to special education services.
A Penny for Your Thoughts: News from Greater Falls Church
One of the inevitable realities of life is that everyone ages. Francis Bacon (1561-1625) wrote that “age appears to be best in four things – old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.”
Jim Moran’s News Commentary
Metro is one of the lynch pins that binds our region together. The federal government’s involvement in our regional transportation infrastructure dates back to World War II, when the Roosevelt administration built the region’s parkways to facilitate transport between downtown D.C. and key military and intelligence installations. President Eisenhower later […]
Editor Recommends
Taste of Arlington 2008, Adjacent the Ballston Common Mall on Wilson Blvd., Arlington, Saturday, May 18, Noon to 7:30 p.m.

Jody’s Jam of The Week
Virginia Wine Showcase, February 9 – 10, Dulles Expo Center, Chantilly, VA
Jim Moran’s News Commentary
This week, the House will vote yet again to override the President’s veto of low income children’s health insurance, the revised, bipartisan SCHIP (State Children’s Health Insurance Program) bill (H.R. 3963).
A Penny for Your Thoughts: The News of Greater Falls Church
Benjamin Franklin, in a 1789 letter to a friend, wrote that “in this world, nothing is certain but death and taxes.” With apologies to Mr. Franklin, I think we need to add “weather,” at least in Virginia! With winter upon us, and tax season about to begin, perhaps the following […]
F.C. Council Votes to Repudiate Immigration
Unanimous in Strongly-Worded Support of Integration, Inclusion As if in direct defiance of a Virginia Crime Commission call earlier the same day for state trooper enforcement of federal immigration laws, the Falls Church City Council passed unanimously a strongly-worded resolution Tuesday night rejecting “the enactment of any policies that would […]
News Briefs
October 25 – 31, 2007