The National Council on Aging estimates that older Americans lose nearly $3 billion a year to financial exploitation and scams.

When I drive past Swanson Middle School, the sight of that 1940-vintage gym never fails to trigger memories — youth basketball glories, anguish.

Yes, it’s the start of a new decade, but honestly, trying to predict what’s going to happen over the next 10 years is all but impossible.

Although today’s public protests against nuclear weapons can’t compare to the major antinuclear upheavals of past decades, there are clear indications that most Americans reject the Trump administration’s nuclear weapons policies.

Happy New Year! I hope each of you enters 2020 and this new decade with a sense of purpose and optimism.

The latest on that shared thoroughfare we call Lee Highway includes visible progress on constructing the new bike-path bridge that dramatizes the border between Arlington and Falls Church. Hail, bridge-builders!

New Year’s resolutions often focus on the very personal — lose weight, get more exercise, quit smoking, learn a new skill, get organized. New Year’s resolutions also can be doing something for your community, or “giving back.”

Welcome to the Roaring ’20s! Or is it the Soaring ’20s? Or the Deploring 20s? Time will tell.

I have widely expressed my concerns about the Republicans’ constitutional amendment on Virginia redistricting.

Generally overlooked in the November 2019 City of Falls Church municipal election last month was an historic result.