Loudoun Lowdown
Election '09: Trends, Tidbits, & Lessons
The election is over. A little political, clinical ‘post-mortem’ is in order ... | 0 comments ›› more ...
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Meals Tax, The Sequel: Yucky Leftovers
Sloppy seconds. Whether it’s movie sequels or meal leftovers, neither is usually good... | 1 comment ›› more ...
On the Run From H1N1
Epidemiologists sometimes use the term ‘elegant’ to describe new viruses that threaten a new pattern of mutation, and subsequently pose an increased risk to the human immune system. If they do so in conjunction with this ... | 0 comments ›› more ...
Dude, Vote for Me! (I Did…)
What you have a right to know – and should know – is this: do our candidates on the ballot this November for the House of Delegates ‘walk the walk’’ on voting? Should we be calling our electeds, ‘neglecteds’, instead? | 1 comment ›› more ...
The Flu, & a 'Shot to the System'
Desiree Jennings, of Ashburn, is a 'one in a million' person. Tragically so... | 3 comments ›› more ...
The "Loudoun Redskins": Still the 'One'?
Only someone who is truly blind to levity would not be able to see the irony in this: in order to get a glimpse of an important part of Loudoun’s economic future, we’re leaving it. Loudoun, that is... | 0 comments ›› more ...
Loudoun’s Color for Fall: Pink
Renelda Peldunas-Harter is able to dream that one day she will ‘comb gray hair’, as goes the epic poem by William Butler Yeats. Tammy Gray will one day sit with a grandchild in ... | 0 comments ›› more ...
There's No "Bull" In Bullying
The start of the schoolyear. Shiny lunchboxes. Dew collecting on new sneakers at bus stops cloaked in dawn. First tissues popping out of boxes. Antibacterial gel bottles already near empty. Lunch tables sprayed and re-sprayed with alcohol. Admonishments to “Wash your hands!” ring out ... | 0 comments ›› more ...
Latino ‘Justice’ in Loudoun?
When America’s newest Associate Justice to the Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor, took several steps down the staircase outside the nation’s highest court in Washington last week, more symbolic strides were taken than many realized... | 2 comments ›› more ...
The Loudoun lowdown: Taking a Swing at a Team Name
Folks, Loudoun has a serious crisis on its hands. No, not setting a new tax rate, or budget deficit. Not even the issue of school boundaries. Traffic? Nope. Loudoun is on the verge of getting ... | 2 comments ›› more ...