The new Richmond scene is missing something

I feel like a tourist in Richmond. Everywhere I go the buildings are shiny and new or else very old. I know my way around the Fan and downtown and how to get to I-95 and which exit leads to Wal-Mart, but my five years here have been mostly linear. I know about the city’s change from crime capital to quaint college town, but I never found out the details and no one ever told me.

Bringing back the bomb

In 2004, just before our presidential elections, the Iranian version of our Congress passed a measure to go ahead with its nuclear program and defy all the international criticism among cheers of “Death to America!” Take a look at how far this program has come in barely more than a year.

State of the disunion

President Bush delivered his annual State of the Union address Tuesday night before a nationwide audience. For him it was a welcome chance to start fresh after a year of failed initiatives, declining poll numbers and scandals in the Republican Congress. Sixth-year presidents traditionally haven’t fared well – Nixon and Clinton both faced their impeachments around this time.