Virginia Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine held a telephone town hall on February 10 2025. Some of the SDC members joined the call and...

When women vote this November, we need to remember those who dedicated their lives to ensure women have the right to vote.

A word (or two) to J. D. Vance: Now that you’ve allowed the world into your personal stuff, like your love of Mountain Dew and cuddle-up...

Narcissus was a Greek mythological character thought to be the most beautiful person ever known. When he discovered his reflection in a...

I remember a chilly November day in 1963 when a frantic teacher burst into my third grade classroom to announce that President Kennedy...

For the past 24 hours, I’ve listened to the deep sighs and whines coming from Democrats after Thursday night’s debate.  Now that all...

“The world, that understandable and lawful world, was slipping away.” So said William Golding in his novel, Lord of the Flies.  He tells...

When a happy couple holds hands before family and friends, looks lovingly into each other’s eyes, and utters those magical words “I do,”...

“Are you better off now than you were four years ago?” challenged Representative Elise Stefanik at a news gaggle a few weeks back.

Think back 24 years ago - to November.  It’s the 2000 election and Al Gore and W. Bush are locked in a tight race.

In 1965, a black student was enrolled in my fifth grade class.  I don’t remember really giving it much thought:  she was like any other...

The Voting Rights Act is a testament to the efforts of Black Americans but is threatened by Republicans who want to take away our rights.

The odds of Biden winning the 2024 election are higher than you think despite all of the noise and disinformation.

Glenn Youngkin, our Virginia Governor, failed potential presidential candidate, and, now, apparently an expert in foreign policy, border...

Let’s start this out with a quiz:  Can you name the three Vice Presidents that served with FDR?  What about Eisenhower’s VP?  Nixon’s...

Remember Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Puritan society in his novel, The Scarlet Letter? Poor Hester Prynne violated the laws of the church,...

Last night, I watched the final episode of the Netflix series, All the Light We Cannot See, based on the book by Anthony Doerr. It was...

Remember the pinky swears you made with your best friend when you were six? You linked your little fingers and swore to whatever promise...

You know those drug ads with the snazzy slogans and ear-catching jingles that interrupt your favorite TV shows? I’ll bet you’ve found...

Governor Glenn Youngkin, in interviews and presentations, often refers to his policies as just “common sense.” For example, “common...