If Ralph Northam has a study showing that sitting in a beach chair makes one more susceptible to the coronavirus than standing or fishing, he needs to make it public.
A Mother's Day Confession
My mother could climb trees, ice skate and walk miles in high heels. There was no way was I letting Superwoman get her hands on me with the worst kind of a confession: A belated one.
More than $1 Billion in Out-of-State Tuition Dollars at Risk
fter U.S. higher-ed institutions sent students home during the COVID-19 epidemic this spring, families were having second thoughts about sending their children back to college this fall — and paying big dollars for the privilege of possibly seeing them sent home again.
Death Comes To Virginia’s Nursing Homes
There is no way to know which of Virginia’s long-term care facilities are losing residents to the virus and which have so far escaped it. No infection rates. No body count. No accountability.
New York Finally Cleans Its Filthy Subways
Putting aside the decades of unimaginable filth that’s incubating in those movable Petri dishes, why did the city wait until 43,676 had been hospitalized and 13,938 New Yorkers had died to thoroughly scrub what has to be the source of many infections?
Behaving Like A Commonwealth During Covid-19
Come to think of it, wouldn’t it serve the common good - the common wealth - for at least part of Virginia to be back in business and generating revenue to send to Richmond?
Pandemic Platitudes
What editor would ever allow a reporter to use the hackneyed phrase “new normal”?
Virginia’s Parole Board Frees Another Killer
There are some crimes so grotesque, so heinous, that no matter how young the perpetrator, the killer has forfeited his right to ever walk freely among us.
Manners by Mail
Find a tasteful greeting card during a pandemic. Go ahead. Try.
Why Virginia Was So Slow to Ramp up Testing
While the Northam administration was complaining of how difficult it was to acquire testing materials, commercial labs were saying they had significant excess capacity.
Another Symptom of Covid-19: Incivility
Not sure I can take any more of the venom and hostility directed at anyone who dares to question the state shutdowns or suggest they’ve gone on long enough.
Virginia Parole Board Frees Another Killer
Meet another lucky felon who’s about to be freed: Dwayne Markee Reid, 45. This Suffolk man was involved in two slayings, according to prosecutors and was sentenced to life.
Masks And Common Sense
News flash: We need oxygen. Masks obstruct it. That’s why exercising in a mask is a bad idea. And driving in one is dangerous.
Statewide Elective-Surgery Ban is Medical Malpractice
The number of COVID-19 patients at the 663-bed Carilion Medical Center Sunday night: two.
Why All The Secrecy About Hospital Beds And Covid?
A memo to staff at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital last Thursday showed nine Covid patients in regular rooms. Two in ICU. None on ventilators. This is terrific news. Why all the secrecy?
Beach Delegate To Richmond: We Need A Plan To Reopen Virginia Beach
A letter signed by Del. Jason Miyares and supported by 100 doctors, dentists, builders, restaurateurs and assorted business people asks Gov. Ralph Northam to consider the damage being done to Virginia Beach by his indefinite shutdown order.
Virginia’s Leaders Traffic in Gloom and Doom
The person spreading fear and misinformation on Friday was one of Northam’s lieutenants. He ought to be sacked.
A Little Out of Sorts
Nobody is quite themselves these days.
Including me, evidently.
Northam Is Using the Wrong Metric to Guide Lock Down
The Governor has no idea whether the number of COVID-19 cases is increasing or shrinking. The state’s capacity to administer tests is so inadequate.