George Washington

POWELL & MCLEAN: If Virginia is for lovers, there is no place for tyrants

March 20, 2026 Scott Powell and Ann McLean

Virginia, the cradle of American liberty, easily recognized by its place and role in American history, also has more historic sites (130 in all) than any other state. This historic prominence is why this “founding” […]

GINGRICH: Who governs America?

June 20, 2025 Newt Gingrich

Riots in defense of illegal immigration in Los Angeles are finally being quelled by President Donald J. Trump’s decision to send in federal forces. But there are signs that Chicago, Atlanta and other major cities […]

WASHINGTON: The foundations of the American Democratic Republic

October 19, 2024 George Washington

The citizens of America, placed in the most enviable condition, as the sole lords and proprietors of a vast tract of Continent are now acknowledged to be possessed of absolute freedom and Independency. They are […]

BARONE: Maybe larger families will produce better leaders, as in the early US

April 25, 2024 Michael Barone

Why was America in the Revolutionary War era, with 3 million people, able to generate leaders of the quality of Benjamin Franklin and George Washington, while today’s America, with 333 million people, generates the likes […]

College Basketball Roundup: Sallis’ 21 points leads Wake past Virginia

January 13, 2024 The Associated Press

WINSTON-SALEM — Hunter Sallis scored a season-high 21 points, Andrew Carr recorded a double-double and Wake Forest used the second half to distance itself from Virginia in a 66-47 win on Saturday. Sallis, in his […]

HILL: Participate in victory ― or not at all

December 28, 2022 Frank Hill

On Christmas Eve, 1776, General George Washington threw a figurative Hail Mary pass to lead his bedraggled troops cross the Delaware River in a snowstorm and attack Hessian soldiers in Trenton, New Jersey. The code […]

College basketball roundup: Wake Forest hands FSU its 4th straight loss

February 5, 2022 The Associated Press

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Jake LaRavia had a near triple-double, Alondes Williams scored 23 points, Damari Monsanto hit a clutch 3-pointer, and Wake Forest defeated Florida State 68-60 on Saturday, the Seminoles’ fourth consecutive loss. LaRavia […]

HILL: ‘These are the times that try men’s souls’

December 23, 2020 Frank Hill

On Dec. 24, 1776, a beleaguered General George Washington was looking for some way to inspire his Continental troops after suffering crushing defeats in New York. His undermanned Continental Army was facing the British army, […]

HILL: Victory or death: What would George Washington say today

February 26, 2020 Frank Hill

We visited our son, his French wife and our grandson in Fredericksburg, Virginia last weekend. As Providence would have it, Mount Vernon was celebrating the 288th birthday of George Washington on the “real” President’s Day, Feb. […]