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A Familiar Hero, Another Independence Title
Saturday’s Virginia Class 6A final brought together two of the state’s most consistent powers: Yorktown and Independence, both dominant for long…
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Westfield’s Championship, Won the Only Way They Could
There was perhaps only one fitting way for Westfield’s remarkable championship season to end: with a moment of audacity under pressure, a flash of…
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A Policy in Search of a Principle
We have adopted a hard‑line immigration policy whose rationale is, at best, unclear and whose effects are even murkier.
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Madison and Westfield Set Up a Familiar Final
Friday’s Class 6 state semifinals produced a championship match that feels almost inevitable: Madison versus Westfield, two schools barely ten miles…
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On Judging Politicians — and Ourselves
One of my favorite politicians of my lifetime was Charles Rangel — a Korean War hero with enough charisma and swagger for a dozen members of Congress.
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On the Eve of a World Cup That Shouldn’t Be Happening
We stand on the eve of a World Cup, and I remain astonished that it is still going forward.
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A Moment More Dangerous Than It Looks
Dominic Sandbrook — the brilliant historian from The Rest Is History — recently joined Rory Stewart and Alastair Campbell on The Rest Is Politics to…
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Yorktown Learns the Right Lessons at the Right Time
Coaches and pundits often say an undefeated team sometimes “needs” a loss.
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The Question That Made Him Walk
Kristen Welker is receiving plaudits this week for the rarest of journalistic feats: asking a question so straightforward that it caused the president…
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A Time for Commemoration
A D‑Day commemoration ought to be the simplest of public duties.
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The Stories We Tell Afterward
This is the time of year when high school soccer becomes something more than a game.
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It’s Not About Hindsight
The quarrel over Iran continues to drift, stalled somewhere between indecision and inertia, with no plausible path to success.
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