The best part about being a community member is that you get to actually pick the ‘parents’ of your community’s ‘family’. Sure, if they make a few small mistakes, you may forgive them; but if they continue to disrupt the greater good of the family, you simply oust them and re-elect cooler parents four years later!

Several weeks ago my fiancee and I were driving back from a visit with Jesse in Norfolk. She looked at me and ventured, “He means it, doesn’t he?” “Means what?” “Everything.” “Yes, he does.”

Earth Day 2012 offers Congress and Virginia’s legislature the opportunity to produce their own “act of green” by green-lighting offshore wind energy generation and putting to bed offshore drilling.

The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus’s cruel caravan won’t be welcomed in Hampton Roads by anyone who cares about animals—and it appears that circus management knows it’s not wanted here.

I’m really trying to not be too cynical about Autism Awareness Month, but it’s complicated because I am all too aware of autism.

We can prevent the extinction of small businesses – right here in Hampton Roads – simply by shifting our spending.

Perhaps those who are offended by Limbaugh need to remind themselves that they, and not local stations, are the owners of the airwaves that carry what is offensive to them.

Our own backyard is privy to some of the most progressive, inspiring eco-projects in the county, including Algal Biodiesel, the Solar Decathlon, and the Great American Clean-up.

Plus a sampling of all the great events supporting the LGBT community this March in Hampton Roads.