St. Patrick's Day. A Short Story.

For years, I've been offering assorted explanations for why I spent three years in Dublin during the early 1980s: To cover a war without going to the Middle East. To avoid appearing in public in a bathing suit. To cure a case of unsightly hand warts. To date guys with Irish accents.

The list changes but almost always contains a kernel of truth.

Referendum Ad Wars

In a story headlined “Who's Behind An Anti-Redistricting Flyer Invoking Jim Crow?” the paper asked a question absolutely no one was asking. (Except Dem loyalists, that is, who don’t take kindly to black Republicans.)

Losing Trust

There has been a significant decline in enrollment in Virginia’s largest public school district. Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) experienced the largest drop in student enrollment of any district in the state from 2015 to 2025