Saturdays were busy for kids in the 1950s, but different kinds of busy, depending upon your age.
As a grade-schooler, Saturday almost always involved an afternoon movie. First I’d get up, make my bed and do whatever jobs Mom expected...
It’s been nearly three weeks since the Biden administration cajoled, entreated and enticed the federal government’s public-health leadership to declare masks an unnecessary appendage (like tonsils or an appendix), at least for those who have been fully vaccinated.
And, surprisingly...
Editor: Over the past year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 476,000 cases of Lyme disease, the largest population being children ages 3-14.
Unfortunately, there is a lack of education for children in their schools and communities about...
Editor: The Sun Gazette has reported that Democratic candidates for Arlington County Board are pressing to take a new look at providing performing-arts spaces.
Unfortunately, as the article noted, County Manager Mark Schwartz terminated the plans to build the black-box...
Editor: You can imagine my surprise last week when I opened my mailbox to find a 17-page insult mailed to me at what, I presume, was my own expense.
This insult– a political mailer on official House of Delegates letterhead,...
by CAROL McEWEN, for the Sun Gazette
I was not an athletic kid. I wasn’t the last one picked for the volleyball team, but my classmates picked me just before the kid with the thick glasses and the very short...
In one sense, the selection of County Board members in Arlington these days is of less importance than in times gone by. For more than a decade (closing in on two), elected officials largely have deferred to staff rather...
Editor: Despite our several differences, I have appreciated the opportunity to work with former Arlington County Board member John Vihstadt on shared interests over the years. And I always considered him to be an honest and honorable public servant...
Editor: The rising sea levels on the shore continue to pose a real threat to our community.
We need effective leadership in Richmond that will tackle the threat of climate change head-on, and not continue to give lip service to...
