Gun control bill takes center stage on hill Congress came to a bipartisan deal on gun control on April 10....
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By MAX REINHARDT Let me ask you a question: do you remember the 1990s? Many American 20-somethings become overwhelmed with...
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If you are a registered Democrat, then right now you should like Republican presidential candidate and former House speaker Newt...
By AUDREY SONNTAG Medicare and Medicaid, which provide America’s elderly and poor with health care, are going to be drastically...
The era of partisan politics is over! Or so we thought. After President Obama was elected, the skies over Washington...
For the first time in my four years of election eligibility, I voted for a candidate who didn’t win. Naturally,...
As of this week, swine flu is a national emergency, a move by President Obama that’s more of a formality...
By Mason Rayner Guest Columnist How can we fix health care? That’s the debate that has been raging in the...
BY ANNA HALBROOKS-FULKS Guest Columnist With only a few weeks to go, elections have begun to gain the attention of more...
By James Martin Guest Columnist Four years ago, Bob McDonnell was a delegate from Virginia Beach and was known for...
BY BREEANNA SVEUM Viewpoints Editor In recent months (though it seems more like years), the debate about health care has...
Since Roman Polanski’s arrest in Zurich on Sunday, people have come out in force to defend a man who raped...
Dear Editor: I am tired of hearing the word “socialism” tossed around negatively in the debate about health care reform....
Apologizing is one of the first things we learn to do as children. When we mess up, we’re told to...
Word on the street is that President-elect Barack Obama’s administration is vetting Hillary Clinton for secretary of state. If that’s...
By Heather Brady Regional On Tuesday, the Commonwealth of Virginia will provide up to $5.2 million to front-line private groups...
By JOHN SHERIDAN 1. Steps Toward Real Equality A non-white candidate has been elected president. What some said was impossible...
BY HEATHER BRADY Regional The Rev. George O. Lowe, 71, was convicted on Tuesday, Sept. 2 of molesting Benjamin Marsh,...
BY ANDREW HOFFMAN Now that the long drawn-out Presidential campaign has come to a close, Americans everywhere should be happy...
BY BREEANNA SVEUM Dear Alaska: In the years of your statehood, the lower 48 have, in large part, ignored you....
On Tuesday night, UMW held its breath with the rest of America to see who would be elected as the...
BY JUSTIN TONEY "The Board of Dictators," as campus vandalism dubbed them, has ruled over our institution since its independence...
By HEATHER BRADY Regional Derrick Gosnell, a 25-year-old Spotsylvania County man charged last month with the attempted rape of two...
By KAT SAUNDERS On November 4th, Barack Obama defeated John McCain and was elected the 44th president of the United States....
By BRITTANY De VRIES “Welcome aboard, ladies and gentlemen, I’m your hope captain,” he said. He put the key in the...
By MARY TURNER Other than McCain or Obama, there are four other candidates to choose from in this year’s presidential election....
BY BREEANNA SVEUM I no longer have any doubt that achieving the American Dream is possible—that is, if your dream...
By HEATHER BRADY Regional Stafford County Resident Paul Gregory Chapman, 38, was acquitted earlier this month after a jury trial...
By ANNE LONGERBEAM Presidential candidates Senator Barack Obama of the Democratic Party, and Senator John McCain of the Republican Party,...
By HEATHER BRADY National Top Congressional budget analysts said on Oct. 7 that about $2 trillion of Americans' retirement savings...