A day in the life of commuting, specifically slugging, can be hectic and it can be a delicate system that is easily upset.

Bea Jackson doesn’t look like anyone’s idea of an angel. She wouldn’t be mistaken for one of the flaxen haired creatures with iridescent wings and flowing robes that grace Christmas cards in season, but she is an angel nonetheless.

Why are people becoming more violent? Why are we losing our humanity?

Stephen Hawking has always been among my favorite astrophysicists. I’ve got his rookie card and planned to paint a large “K” on my bare chest so the gang and I could spell out HAWKING on the front row at his next lecture.

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Remember when traveling used to be fun? Sort of fun anyway? It was probably never really a barrel of laughs (except maybe on those redeye flights out of Las Vegas), but hardly was it the most frustrating thing to do, either. Like it is now.

This column deals with a very disturbing story that you may not have heard. Many of you will find this offensive or even shocking. 

A strange thing happened last week. I went to a fight and an Olympic torch relay broke out

There is a legal concept known as “strict liability,” sometimes also referred to as “absolute liability.” It means, in essence, that a person or a company can be held liable for damages to others even though the person was not negligent and did not commit an overt act of any kind to cause the harm.

It wouldn’t be a presidential campaign without charges that Democrats will raise your taxes.

I am not Catholic but I am sure glad Pope Benedict XVI came to America last week. 

In reference to a recent column, a reader wrote to me and asked me if anything made me upset.

I had a decision to make: Should I slip into the bright red boxer briefs, dig through the dirty clothes or go commando?

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Staff Writer Josh Eiserike shares his thoughts on pop culture in his weekly column.

Tuesday was tax day, the day when we are all supposed to have completed and mailed our federal tax returns. I am notoriously bad about filing my tax forms — I just finished my 2006 returns over the weekend. 

On March 18, the U. S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on the District of Columbia’s law prohibiting private ownership of handguns.

The cherry blossoms are great, but those Condi-as-veep rumors are giving the capital a real case of spring fever.

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I don’t usually think too much of the French. I have only had limited experience in France, but the people I met, while pleasant, did nothing to make my visit easier.

Visitors to and residents of Louisiana will not get a chance to chug the state’s official cocktail and wake up on a French Quarter sidewalk with no wallet, no memory and no pants.

This week, while waiting in my doctor’s office, I came across a trade magazine called Modern Healthcare. In this particular issue, July 2/9, 2007, Senator Barack Obama wrote an opinion piece regarding his proposal for a solution to our healthcare “crisis.”

It’s spring again, and in Prince William County that means it’s time for the beggars to come out of the woodwork and plead for the county to take more of our money from us to spend on their pet projects.

Politics might not only make strange bedfellows, but when it comes to presidential politics, it also seems to have a tendency to make even respected politicians embarrass themselves.

Here are a few things heard and seen around Prince William County and beyond.

Charles E. Grassley, the conservative Republican senator from Iowa, has put six cable television megachurches on notice that they may be subject to increased scrutiny by the Internal Revenue Service.

Last year I lost one of the most influential people in my life — my grandmother, or grandma as I called her.

While Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama engage in mortal combat that could render the survivor unelectable in November, John McCain has the luxury of campaigning as a winner. Last week, he took a trip down memory lane.

During this past Session of the Virginia General Assembly, I was amazed with the determination of my liberal colleagues to expand government at the expense of your freedom, rights and pocketbook.

There were Democrats running for president who engaged in issues-based debate. Then the many Democrats were whittled to two.