Reporters and the experts they quoted are baffled about what might be causing the crime wave. Could it be tied to COVID? High unemployment? Social anxiety? Too much free time? It’s such a mystery!
All tagged The Virginian-Pilot
Good News For Corruptocrats
Corrupt politicians and sleazy businessmen - and Lord knows, we have plenty of them - can breathe easy once the hedge fund is running the newspaper.
Newspapers: No Laughing Matter
Newspaper cartoonists are the spotted owls of journalism.
Getting It Right: Stonewall Jackson.
Virtually every Virginian knows that Lt. Gen. Stonewall Jackson was mortally wounded at the Battle of Chancellorsville after being hit by friendly fire.
More Bad News For Our Local Newspapers
Newspapers around the country are in trouble. None more so than The Virginian-Pilot and the much smaller paper that swallowed it, The Daily Press in Newport News.
Norfolk Needs A Newspaper. So Does Virginia Beach.
No matter how much spin The Tribune attempts to put on its boneheaded decision to drag the remnants of the once-sprawling Virginian-Pilot staff to Newport News, this will no longer be a Norfolk newspaper.
Will A Hedge Fund Cannibalize What’s Left of The Virginian-Pilot?
The hedge fund reportedly likes to liquidate newspapers, like a chop shop. Selling them off for parts.
Mitt Romney. Lurker.
It takes cojones to stake out a position and put your name on it. It takes nothing to voice an opinion while hiding behind a digital shrub.
Full Circle In Virginia Beach
It’s not only beautiful here when the sun shines. The people are extraordinary. That’s due in large part to those guys in short haircuts and their families who make living in a military town an honor.
Travion Blount Is Getting Out Of Prison
He's a felon. Not a folk hero.
Who Wants To Be Governor of Virginia?
I now realize that if I’d stayed in Virginia, I’d be maybe 4th or 5th in line to be governor. I could be just steps away from ... The Mansion!
Trust Local Government? Hah.
Can you imagine being fearful that candidates promising to create a “level playing field” might emerge victorious?
What If The Good-Government Guys Win?
Virginia Beach’s most famous developer, a man who’s financed his projects with tens of millions of tax dollars, is threatening to pack up and pull out of the resort area if good-government types are elected in November.
Local Newspapers Matter Even If Most Of The People Producing Them Are Liberals.
People should subscribe to their local newspaper and raise holy hell when they see evidence of bias.
Ex-Mayor Gets A Job
Apparently $425,000 a year doesn’t go as far as it once did.
The Lost Art Of Classified Ad Taking
I was there about an hour before I realized all the juicy jobs were in the “Help Wanted Male” section.