NEWSPAPERING is a delicate art and an exacting science. Reporters must write balanced, objective stories.
SPEEDING tickets and traffic schools. The two words go together almost as well as peanut butter and jelly.
Sami Al-Arian, a tenured professor at the University of South Florida, has abused academic freedom. According to The Chronicle of Higher Education, the Board of Trustees at the University of South Florida is going to court to see if it can fire Al-Arian for his supposed links to terrorism.
I DON'T often like to make moral appeals. I have never asked anyone to "think of the children." I have never said something should not be done "in the interest of common decency." That is why I feel slightly silly when I type the following phrase: Is nothing sacred?
ONE NEED not be a daily follower of Virginia politics to know all public institutions are facing a fiscal crisis of colossal proportions.
JOHN ASHCROFT is the worst Attorney General that President Bush could have selected. Well, maybe that's an overstatement, but he certainly does not seem to possess any of the qualities and virtues necessary to be a good Attorney General of the United States.
THROUGHOUT America, the prospect of an impending baseball strike has captured the hearts and minds of sports talk show hosts.
CLASSES start today. For many, it represents an end to summer's freedom and a new beginning of late nights in the library and cramming before midterms.
CRITICS from both the United States and abroad have lambasted President Bush for his refusal to back down on his preparation for a military campaign to topple Saddam Hussein's regime.
IMAGINE my surprise when, upon arriving home from work one day early this summer, I found a new car waiting for me in my driveway.
ON JULY 22, three unidentified incoming freshmen at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and the Family Policy Network, a conservative Christian group based in Virginia, filed a lawsuit against the University of North Carolina claiming violations of students' First Amendment rights.
THE LAST TIME I stepped into a McDonald's restaurant, I was prepared to eat a tasty, albeit unhealthy, meal.
A FEW FOLKS down in North Carolina are getting ready to build themselves a big old bonfire. In anticipation of the upcoming school year, they've been struck by the desire to burn books, and academic freedom along with them. In late July, three incoming freshmen at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill filed suit against the school in federal court.
DON'T WORRY about failing classes this semester. Should you party instead of study, save money by not buying books and sleep through the all-important discussion section, you'll be fine.
IT BEGAN with Enron and Arthur Andersen, spread to WorldCom and Adelphia, and most recently may even engulf AOL-Time Warner, the United States' largest telecommunications provider, pending an accounting investigation.
FORGET the War on Terrorism or the War on Drugs. Recently, the federal government has come up with a revolutionary new concept: the War on Fat. Congress has put together a $200 million legislative package targeting Americans' waistlines.
DEAR AL Gore, After reading a story about you in The Washington Post the other day, I felt moved to write you a little note.
DEFINE the word "project." At first, it didn't seem like a difficult task. After a minute, though, the students' blank stares indicated otherwise.
GOLF: THE gentleman's game. There are many who want to keep it that way - not so much the "gentleman" part as the "man" part.
THOUGH it is only late July, media attention for the upcoming ballot decisions is heating up. The Northern Virginia regional sales tax for transportation infrastructure is the most noteworthy of three public referenda that various regions of the Commonwealth will be voting on.
