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Editorials
Troubling message on book banning
10/8/2008
Warning to parents who dare challenge the massive public school bureaucracy: “We will silence you. We will use your money to do it, and we will enlist other taxpayer-funded organizations to help us.”This is the true message of Banned Books Week (BBW), promoted at your public library with taxpayer ... | 0 comments
Eisenhower Doctrine--Back to the future
10/8/2008
I was only 3 when his last term ended, but still vaguely remember the Eisenhower Era. For me, it was living next door to President Eisenhower’s son John on Oakcrest Drive in Alexandria. The Eisenhowers were fun.The Secret Service would wave to us as we went in and out ... | 0 comments
Voters should look at big picture
10/8/2008
As the presidential election quickly approaches, I’m concerned about the number of fellow Christians I’ve met who are neglecting the full range of issues at stake.So many have told me that they’re planning to vote for John McCain simply because he’s a Republican, and the Republicans have historically held ... | 1 comment
Tysons -- so what's the alternative?
10/1/2008
Now that the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors has accepted and endorsed the Tysons Land Use Task Force’s vision for transforming Tysons, it certainly is fair to examine that plan and question some aspects of it. In so doing, it is also fair to insist that those few critics suggest ... | 0 comments
Refresher course on 'techno-babble'
10/1/2008
The Tysons Task Force has now spoken, sort of. At every turn of a page in their report there is incredibly good news for this whole region. First, the report shows how we are going to pack new density models into all the nooks and crannies of the 1,700-acre Tysons ... | 0 comments