A Grateful Nation Remembers

As we “celebrate” Memorial Day with a day off work, barbeques, sales, and other pursuits, we should pause to remember, thank, and say a prayer for those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for our country.  Different from Veterans Day, Memorial Day was set aside to honor those who died in our nation’s service.  Some thoughts [...]

There Is No Truth To the Rumor . . .

Every Friday, er, weekly, we take a look around and debunk gossip, bust urban legends, and, we hope, give you a little smile to start your weekend.
There Is No Truth To the Rumor that the Senate chickened out this week when they voted 90-6 to deny President Obama the funds to close the prison at [...]

Randy Forbes: Cheap, Heartless, Unpatriotic Hypocrite

Today’s Virginian-Pilot reviews the tragic results of the Feres doctrine, which bars military members from suing when injured or killed by even the most blatant medical malpractice:

Cindy Wilson, a 37-year-old sergeant stationed at Langley Air Force base, killed in childbirth after a military doctor (who obtained his Virginia medical license the same day) cut a [...]

There Is No Truth To the Rumor . . .

Every Friday, we take a look around and debunk gossip, bust urban legends, and, we hope, give you a little smile to start your weekend.
There Is No Truth To the Rumor that Bill Clinton appeared with Terry McAuliffe at a $500 a plate breakfast fundraiser in Norfolk, Virginia just to raise money. He was [...]

Record Foreclosures Continue

The Virginian-Pilot reports that foreclosure filings in Hampton Roads rose to the highest level ever last month.  1164 foreclosure-related notice were issued in April, up 7.2 percent from the month before, and over three times the level a year ago.
Foreclosure prevention specialists in the area said the majority of the clients they see facing foreclosure [...]

Follow the Bouncing Numbers

Let’s follow the bouncing numbers on this week’s sale of the Virginian-Pilot’s Beacon building.
The private developer, Armada Hoffler, couldn’t get financing through an Economic Development Authority loan. So naturally, the city of Virginia Beach had to buy the Beacon property, so that it could later be sold to Armada Hoffler for the “same [...]

There Is No Truth To the Rumor . . .

Every Friday, we take a look around and debunk gossip, bust urban legends, and, we hope, give you a little smile to start your weekend.
There Is No Truth To the Rumour that Rush Limbaugh has gotten more shrill lately because he’s ticked off that Michael Wiener Savage was banned from Great Britain for hate speech and [...]

The REAL Dirty Little Secret

From the folks who brought you preemptive war, we now have preemptive slander of a Supreme Court nominee.
Justice David Souter had barely tendered his resignation when addled conservatives railed against potential Obama nominees, especially any who dared to be female or liberal.  A president who disagrees with Republicans about almost everything would dare select a [...]

“Enhancing” Fly Ash Weasel Words

In 2001, Dominion Virginia Power commissioned two studies that warned of the environmental and health risks of its planned fly ash golf course, Battlefield Golf Club at Centerville, the Virginian-Pilot reports.
The alternatives: The two studies suggested alternatives, such as lowering expected concentrations of arsenic and other contaminants in the groundwater by increasing binding agents with [...]

There Is No Truth To the Rumor . . .

Every Friday, we take a look around and debunk gossip, bust urban legends, and, we hope, give you a little smile to start your weekend.
There Is No Truth To the Rumor that Arlen Specter’s switch to the Democratic Party was a crass electoral power play to keep his Senate seat, not a matter of principle driven [...]