Have the people in Northern Virginia — Fairfax County in particular — become so inured to the presence of guns in their culture that no one raises an eyebrow over the guy in a restaurant with a holstered pistol on his hip?

A regional plan for adequate future water supplies is taking shape exactly when it should — when supplies are relatively robust and the need for additional sources has not reached the point of a crisis.

Randolph College is moving forward to ensure a bright future and to honor the historic vitality and academic excellence of its founding as Randolph-Macon Woman’s College. We are committed to enrolling talented students who are eager to engage in all aspects of the educational experience. We owe these students an excellent faculty, up-to-date resources and facilities, and a thriving campus community. To this end, it is essential that the college act to maintain financial stability for future generations of students.

Officials of Randolph College have become accustomed to thumbing their noses at alumnae, donors and public opinion. Now they’re thumbing their noses at the Virginia Supreme Court.

Maybe there is something to this separation of church and state idea—especially if you happen to be running for president.

Ever since Richard Nixon embraced Billy Graham, it seems, there has been a temptation for nationally prominent politicians to seek out nationally prominent preachers. Perhaps they are hoping that a smile and a nod from one of them will be seen by the voters as an endorsement from God.

In the days following a cyclone of apparent epic proportions, how do the government leaders of Burma move to help the thousands of homeless, starving people?

We’ve had presidents caricatured as baboons (Abraham Lincoln), bigamists (Andrew Jackson), B-class actors (Ronald Reagan) and country hicks (Harry Truman). You get the picture, and it’s not a pretty one.

In the wake of Tuesday’s City Council elections in Lynchburg, there are some things that will change and some things that won’t.

Although Gov. Timothy M. Kaine did not get all the money he proposed to the 2008 General Assembly to expand early childhood education across Virginia, he did get money to nurture early-learning programs around the state.

Most Virginians say they want a solution to meet the growing needs of the state’s beleaguered transportation system. But are they willing to pay for it?

With the cost of energy rising almost daily, it only makes sense to focus on energy efficiency in homes built for Habitat for Humanity families.

One of the hardest assignments for a journalist is attending a funeral for someone you didn’t know, never met, and have no connection with. Will Branham’s funeral last Sunday was different, and I spent part of the next day trying to figure out why.

If public interviews for School Board members are good enough for other city councils, why not here in Lynchburg?

Tomorrow’s Election Day in the city of Lynchburg, and we hope thousands of voters in each of the city’s four wards will turn out to cast their ballots in the City Council races.

For years, whenever architect Hal Craddock looked at downtown Lynchburg, filled with empty warehouses from the city’s past manufacturing era, he saw the city’s future. His dream was of a downtown revitalized and rejuvenated, building on the literal foundations of the past an edifice for Lynchburg’s future growth.

Public education in America is replete with problems; there’s no use denying that fact. Public schools in Virginia — and, yes, right here in Central Virginia — have their share of problems, too.
But there are also success stories as was the case earlier this week.