With the June 8 Democratic primary now receding into the history books, it’s worth taking a look back to see if there were any surprises.
Generally, not so much:
• Governor’s race? This one was over before it began, despite all...
Editor: Last month, a Fairfax County School Board member tweeted criticism of the policies of a foreign government, echoing language which has been used by Human Rights Watch, two of the foreign country’s most prominent human-rights organizations, and at...
To portray School Board members across Northern Virginia these days as “nuts” would be both a cheap shot unbecoming our, ahem, usual high-class standards, and a slight to those with serious psychological conditions to whom we are sympathetic.
But the...
Editor: The Sun Gazette’s Fairfax edition of June 3 reported in front-page coverage that “McLean Zoning Plan Still Drawing Flak,” noting that McLean residents are concerned about the overall density of redevelopment plans being pushed by the Fairfax County...
Editor: The following comments by architect and McLean resident Denis Findlay was certainly spot-on in calling proposed redevelopment plans for McLean “a mini-megalopolis of high-density, characterless nothingness with postage-stamp-sized open space that in reality is nothing more than developer-incentivized...
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 requires gray hairs and a little experience – several decades’ worth – to remember a time when School Board members were appointed by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. If they proved to be less than team players,...
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...
