“Falls Church’s Tinner Hill historic site provides hope and inspiration for that struggle and for its success.”

Inauguration Day 2017 signaled that a new would-be fascist regime was grounded in an outrageous repudiation of truth. It was the relentless demand that truth be asserted and affirmed that brought that most foul effort down.

While the technical glitches may have been resolved, uncertainty in the registration process continues to vex the many older residents who qualify in Phase 1b.

The NAACP was founded in 1909 by a multiracial coalition of Blacks, Jews, and other whites, I’m reminded by Julius “J.D.” Spain Sr., president of the Arlington branch, that over the past year the organization has exploded in visibility.

The 2021 Session, like everything these last 11 months, looks and feels a lot different than it has in the past, due to the necessity of social distance

Governments, including this one, are instituted for the common good, and no governmental function is more important than assuring a safe environment for all.

Let us assure our readers that we will continue this practice, and without hesitancy we will boot off anyone’s attempts at incivility and hate. We’ve seen what it’s done to our country, and it has no place in the public discourse.

Words mean something. Words can inspire, educate, call to action, or incite to violence. When those words come from the nation’s elected leader, we rightly should expect some higher level of inspiration or education reflecting long-held democratic values.

Let us now praise Arlington historians, the few whose enduring works are frequently consulted (by fan boys such as I).

“A number of new laws went into effect on Jan. 1. I believe the most critical measure is the ban on holding a personal electronic device while driving. Simply put – no texting and driving; no looking for phone numbers; no reading emails while driving.”