At least something’s going right on the international scene.

Everyone should reread Patrick Henry’s speech at least once a year.

“One of the county’s core values is stewardship,” said Albemarle police spokesman Lt. Todd Hopwood. “Why wouldn’t we try to get [the money] back?”

But officials and opponents still don’t agree on the future of water supply for the Charlottesville-Albemarle area.

Whatever else its merits, the new business/education campaign has a great name: Grow by Degrees.

It’s not enough to fight for your country; you have to pay financial penalties, too.

Some 60,000 inmates are estimated to be sexually abused each year.

So it “probably would have had been smarter” to have had appropriate expense-account guidelines in advance? Darn right it would.

The College of William & Mary is looking for a new symbol or mascot. The mascot doesn’t have to match the name.

“Things Your Mama Should Have Taught You.” If there isn’t a book by that name, there ought to be.

If a man can wrong his wife by forsaking his vows to her, how can constituents believe he has the strength to keep his promises to them?

“Pay-as-you-go” legislation has been introduced in Congress by House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer for the Obama administration.

“An Easter decoration is a religious statement and should be protected — even if it is just bunnies,” said her attorney, John Pineau. Really?

President Obama proposes what he calls “a public insurance option,” which would appeal in the fashion of saying no to the man with the gun.

Virginia has the equation backward

No, Virginia’s baseball players and coaches did things the “right” way.

Hair the color of a clown’s wig has helped police just north of New York City capture a burglary suspect.

On a General Assembly scorecard released recently by the foundation, GOP lawmakers are aces.

A recent Associated Press series raises these issues in regard to what is known as complementary and alternative medicine.

A few days’ reprieve of state funding for the Hatton Ferry is reasonable. For the longer term, the ferry should be funded chiefly by private donations.

In the world of Hollywood horror, faith in the resurrection is empirical: the bad guy always rises from the dead. Life adds a twist: sometimes the bad guy wins.

So, what’s it gonna be?  A day of “Rocky” and rugby, or “Love Story” and romance?

We’ve all heard of turning abandoned railroad lines into linear parks. But have you ever heard of a rail trail 30 feet in the air?

Wefear that in the absence of history and social studies SOLs, these two important areas of education will be overlooked.

There’s a strong strain of hometown pride in state Sen. Creigh Deeds’ upset victory this week in the Democratic gubernatorial primary.

The Obama administration’s massive spending plan is putting the U.S. deeper in debt, even as new needs that should be funded keep surfacing.

The National Park Service is seeking to encourage visitation with three free weekends: June 20-21, July 18-19 and August 15-16.

There’s a move afoot in east Virginia to get Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge on a new set of quarters as Virginia’s representative.

When President Barack Obama pressed Congress to pass his $787 billion economic stimulus plan, he touted that millions of “shovel ready” jobs were just waiting for someone to fill them.

The Obama administration has elected to “invest” in a gutted version of a bloated, failed corporation, in a risky bet that could leave taxpayers on the hook.