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.
Editorial Cartoon
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.