In a few weeks, Scope Arena in Norfolk, Va., will be busy with activity as the city holds its annual NATO Festival, the longest continuous festival on the Hampton Roads calendar. It pays tribute to our region’s unique status as the home to NATO’s only command operations in North America. Owing to that long and […]
Editorials
Our View: Stubborn devotion to highway building must be stubbornly questioned
More highway lanes, more cars, more traffic. Elsewhere: 24-year-old deregulation of electricity supply has tens of millions to answer for.
Our View: When it comes to feelings on the economy, housing looms large
Too many Americans are paying too much for housing.
View from Away: Defense secretary must rebuild trust after unexpected absence
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin last week took responsibility for not notifying the White House when he was hospitalized at the beginning of January, an important first step in rebuilding trust with President Joe Biden, Congress and the American people. While Austin’s desire to keep his medical situation private is understandable, this was a severe breach […]
Our View: Republicans in Congress show true colors on immigration
They got the best of border negotiations and still said no, showing they have no interest in solving problems.
Our View: Finally, it’s costly to withhold public information from the public
A landmark ruling against a public agency acting in bad faith sends a clear message to others.
Our View: Lessons of school sports more important than score
All the tinkering in the world won’t keep some schools from having good years when others aren’t.
View from Away: Nanoplastics are dangerous — and they are in your ‘pure’ bottled water
Is anyone really surprised to learn that bottled drinking water is loaded with tiny bits of plastic? The bottles are, after all, plastic. So are the caps. It stands to reason that microscopic bits of the stuff get into the water inside during bottling or packaging, or while sitting in storage. A 2018 study found […]
Our View: We need to rethink rebuilding – and think about retreating
The most responsible recovery from storm damage may involve walking away from places where damage is all but certain to happen again.
Our View: Poverty, not parents, is the reason students are missing school
Families are getting help from local schools. What they really need are the resources to get by.