Once again, lawmakers take on predatory lending
New year, same legislative agenda. At least that’s the story when it comes to payday lending regulations. New laws targeting payday lenders went into effect January 1, extending repayment periods […]
Obama adds value to black history relics
If you trekked to D.C. for the inauguration, you probably spotted or even purchased your fair share of commemorative Obama merchandise: the usual t-shirts, water bottles, and baby bibs; the […]
Fifeville on the rise—but is it a good thing?
Last year, Wendy Fisher bought a modest, rehabbed home on Fifth Street SW for $285,000.
New Whole Foods waiting on site plan
Despite the apparent halt in construction on the site of the future Hydraulic Road Whole Foods, the project is still progressing, says Alan Taylor of Riverbend Management, Inc., a company […]
Catching up with Harry Harding
Harry Harding, a political and policy expert and prominent China scholar, was appointed first dean of UVA’s Frank Batten Sr. School of Leadership and Public Policy last week.
The big one that didn't get away
Last Wednesday was national signing day for high school seniors preparing to play college football, and beleaguered UVA Head Coach Al Groh got a lift when Morgan Moses, a highly […]
What's in your backpack?
Trevor Piersol Age: 21 Year: Junior Hometown: Richmond Major: History What’s in your backpack? The World Without Us by Alan Weisman, Integrated Chinese textbook and workbook, notebooks for environmental science […]
Heart and soul
Thoughts of Valentine’s Day conjure up certain stock images: boxes of candy and cards with sweet messages lining store shelves and racks, someone making a frantic, last-minute phone call to […]
Construction criticism
Dear Ace: If there are any more construction projects along Water Street that gobble up the street behind fences for their own use, we won’t be able to drive on […]
Cringe-inducing Cantor, Connolly and Moran
Look, we know that Thomas Jefferson set a pretty high bar, oratory-wise, for Virginia’s vote-chasers. And so we certainly don’t expect every single utterance from our elected officials to reach […]