by RVA Staff | Jun 12, 2018 | OPINION
I am a foreign policy pragmatist after spending years abroad in various regions that have experienced war and conflict. All foreign policy practitioners know that sometimes you just luck into things; other times, best laid strategic plans fall apart due to an...
by John Donegan | Jun 5, 2018 | OPINION
On May 23, the NFL ‘unanimously’ gathered to announce that during the national anthem, all players must stand in attendance or wait in the locker room. The decision came without prior counsel from the national players association, as well as the players’...
by Henry Haggard | Jun 4, 2018 | OPINION
Over the past two weeks, the Virginia Board of Education has been in the process of forcing students and teachers to suffer through the yearly unbearable task of standardized testing. Standards of Learning, or SOLs, decide whether or not a student is smart enough or...
by Rich Meagher | Jun 1, 2018 | OPINION
Medicaid expansion finally came to Virginia this week. A few reminders: Medicaid is the federal government’s health insurance program for the poor. It’s often confused with Medicare, which is the federal program for the elderly. Medicaid is also partially...
by RVA Staff | May 30, 2018 | OPINION
Last week Dominion CEO Tom Farrell, in collaboration with Kelly Chopus and Harold Fitrer, issued a plea to greater Richmond: Give our superintendent a chance. The op-ed attempts to position Jason Kamras’ hiring as a “community process,” downplaying Farrell’s own...
by Mike McCabe | May 16, 2018 | OPINION
There’s a montage at the opening of the criminally-underrated film Orange County in which Colin Hanks’ character finds a book buried on the beach. The scene shows the rollercoaster wave of emotion the book brings and ultimately leads him to a shiny point of epiphany:...
