We are members of a valued and highly regarded community of trust. We live in a community that is driven by a common decency, moral respectability and honor system.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy reported Sunday that in 2010 nearly half of the donations of $5 million or more made by the nation's 50 most prolific donors went to institutions of higher education.
IN LATE January, Gov. Bob McDonnell was selected by the University's Committee on Commencement and Convocations to speak at the 2011 graduation ceremony.
THERE has been fire in the streets of Cairo, shouts and screams demanding reform, government thugs attempting to subdue protestors, and flags being flown in the name of liberty.
The ongoing debate at Yale University about the possible implementation of a campus-wide smoking ban has prompted reactions from students, faculty and administrators across the country.
In the public forum, there will always be groups that are favored and those that are not.
The Virginia demographic data released last Thursday from the 2010 United States Census provides concrete statistical evidence of something state residents have known for several years - the commonwealth has become substantially more diverse.
It may not mean much, and I have only 250 words or less to say it, but from somebody who's outside of University academia and a next door neighbor living in Fry's Spring: Well done on your Jan.
SINCE 1976, pro-life and pro-choice advocates have come to a truce on one thing: Taxpayer funds are not to be used to pay for abortions except for in the cases of rape, incest and when the pregnancy is dangerous to the health of the mother.
EVERY year Americans celebrate the most sacred sports holiday ever broadcast on television: the Super Bowl.
Lost in the excitement surrounding Super Bowl XLV was yesterday's kickoff of another contest that has the potential to be even more bone-jarring - that is, the debate between the Virginia House of Delegates and the State Senate about appropriations for the final 16 months of the state's two-year budget.
MYTHS CAN be difficult. I once began a newspaper story by saying some idea or other had sprung from a county supervisor's head fully formed, like Venus from the head of Zeus.
