Some call climate change “the moral imperative” of our time. Others consider climate change as overblown rhetoric. Wherever one stands on the issue, we know that overall temperatures on the planet are increasing, storms are more frequent and intense — heavier rains, hurricanes and tornadoes in areas not previously prone […]

Our literate community is chockablock with memoir writers. And as my fellow baby-boomers enter their twilight years, I suspect more will put fingers to keyboard and look back on how their lives unfolded. With permission of my childhood friend Steve Dryden, I’ve pulled some gems of our shared Arlington past […]

It’s been six weeks since legislators left the Capitol for their home districts. I appreciate the warm reception I am receiving as I visit with constituents. It is gratifying to hear support for the work we did during one of the most unprecedented General Assembly sessions. At no time did […]

By Jack Calhoun Members of Lewinsville Faith in Action responded to the shooting horrors in New Zealand by reaching out to three local Muslim congregations. Informed by faith and fact, Lewinsville Faith in Action (LFA), in partnership with others, works for political, social, economic and environmental policies that are based […]

It can hardly be surprising that as the City of Falls Church moves forward with its visionary and aggressive plans to develop the George Mason High School campus at the city’s west end, replete with a new state-of-the-art high school and 10.3 acres of dense mixed-use development, that Fairfax County […]

When he wrote “April is the cruelest month” in The Waste Land, I doubt that T. S. Eliot was thinking about Fairfax County’s annual budget approval process. Public hearings about the proposed budget begin next week, on Tuesday, April 9, at 4 p.m., and on Wednesday and Thursday, April 10 […]

State Attorney General Mark Herring opined last month that Arlington may, after years of resistance, have authority to remove the name of Confederate President Jefferson Davis from our portion of Route 1. The coming debate unfolds as a slew of politically touchy name changes are underway at Arlington’s schools. I’ve […]

By Theo Stamos A prosecutor is no ordinary lawyer. As Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson once said, a good prosecutor is one “who tempers zeal with human kindness, who seeks truth and not victims, who serves the law and not factional purposes, and who approaches his task with humility.” It […]

The last 15 years has seen a consistent commitment of leaders in the City of Falls Church not only to fairness, equity and non-discrimination in all public matters, but to the welcomed eradication of symbols of the slavery and Confederacy’s treasonous assault against the modern world’s first and most enduring […]

It looks like spring finally may be arriving, and more thoughts turn to the environment. At the Board of Supervisors meeting last week, I was pleased to announce the return to two popular programs: Solarize Fairfax County, and LED Lightbulb Exchanges. The Solarize campaign begins on April 16 and ends […]