According to Beth Brown, there are those who simply can’t let go of the Civil War.

There is this weird symmetry between Ernie Pyle and Gary Morrison. And in the end, Morrison couldn’t resist it.

These days, Royal Jones is surrounded by things she finds painful to look at.

Azar Nafisi’s focus has always been the human heart, not the human head.

I grew up with — and, obviously, survived — the 18-year-old drinking age.

We hear it all the time, in political speeches, graduation speeches and sermons: One person can make a difference.
Sometimes, it even turns out to be true. Meet Danielle Copeland.
Part of Copeland’s job as a public defender for the City of Lynchburg is to steer her clients, if possible, into alternative sentencing programs. And since a high percentage of those convicted of crimes also have substance abuse issues, the Arise residential treatment center in Forest was one of the aces in her deck.

In the end, Dirk Smillie wound up having to sell his new book, “Falwell, Inc.,” three times — once to a publisher and twice to the Rev. Jerry Falwell himself.

Like those whining cicadas that emerge every few summers to assault our eardums, the political ads are coming. Prepare yourself — it’s a presidential year.
The vanguard has already crawled into our TV sets, in fact, and the onslaught is right around the corner. This year, as an added bonus, we’ll get baloney in high-def.