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An initiative to rename roads in Northern Virginia is the kind of wasteful, worthless bureaucratic radicalism that Glenn Youngkin and the Republicans campaigned against in the commonwealth.The irony could not have been richer. A few days after Glenn Youngkin won his surprise gubernatorial victory in Virginia campaigning on a repudiation of government radicalism and incompetence, I received a piece of mail from the government of Fairfax County on behalf of the “Confederate Names Task Force.” Written in English, Spanish, and Korean, the notice asks: “Should Lee Highway (Route 29) and Lee-Jackson Memorial Highway (Route 50) in Fairfax County be renamed?”...

Like many public school systems around the country, the school system in Alexandria, Va., where I teach has seen scores of education theories come and go like viruses. Aside from creating the illusion that school administrators have the latest secret to educating kids, the impact of these theories has been negligible and often counterproductive.

ALEXANDRIA DEMS SUPPORT GAY HIGH SCHOOL CLUB SUPPORTING T.C. WILLIAMS HIGH SCHOOL GAY SCHOLORSHIP FUND http://www.aglca.org/scholarship/HonorRoll_new.asp More than $1,000 - Rob Krupicka (Alexandria City Council) and Lisa Krupicka $250 or more, David Englin (Virginia State Delegate 45th District) and Shayna Englin $100 or more, Adam Ebbin (Virginia State Delegate 49th District) $50 or more, Redella Pepper - Alexandria Vice Mayor; S. Randolph Sengel - Alexandria Commonwealth’s Attorney. The Alexandria Gay and Lesbian Community Association (Alexandria GLCA) sponsors an annual scholarship for a graduate of Alexandria’s public high school, T.C. Williams High School. Donations to the Scholarship Fund of any amount...

SAN ANTONIO (Army News Service, Jan. 7, 2006) -- The Army's top chief for human resources paid tribute to two Army veterans, a Soldier's wife, and a Soldier's parent during a Freedom Team Salute presentation at the Sheraton Gunter Hotel here Jan. 6. John P. McLaurin, deputy assistant secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, conducted the Freedom Team Salute pinning for two members of the legendary "Titans" football team, as well as the spouse of an All-American Bowl Soldier hero and parent of a Soldier supporting the war on terror. Two Army veterans, both members of the...