It’s been almost 11 years now since we moved to our home in Old Courthouse Road.  In 1997, OCR was a quiet, sleepy street dominated mostly of families who moved there in the 60’s.  My husband and I have come to know them very well because we were one of the younger families on our street.  Back then, life was simple, nothing disturbed the peace and the biggest concern was what to have for dinner.

Fast forward to 2008, 13 accidents, close to 12,000 cars a day, 296 speeding tickets from Au...

If any of you saw the Washington Wizards game tonight, their 124-100 win against Golden State is a sound off.  Wizards was pumped up!  What a debut for Coach Tapscott.  In his TV conference yesterday, he said that he will hold each team player accountable.  I would say that is a very good motivator, wouldn't you?

Eddie Jordan, the head coach for the Wizards since 2003 was fired on the 24th due to the Wizards 1-10 record for the season.  Since I am a big basketball fan, I had to talk to friends...

To all the men and women who have served or are currently serving our country and their families, thank you for all your sacrifices.

We do honor to the stars and stripes as the emblem of our country and the symbol of all that our patriotism means.

We identify the flag with almost everything we hold dear on earth. It represents our peace and security, our civil and political liberty, our freedom of religious worship, our family, our friends, ...

I was talking to a public official a few weeks ago and I mentioned to her how concerned I was about Fairfax County's $540M budget shortfall for FY2009.  She told me that Virginia is "not bad" at all in comparison to most states.  As I do some research on how "not bad" the situation is, I found  Virginia is one of 29 states that has a budget shortfall in FY2009 based on The Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, http://www.cbpp.org/1-15-08sfp.htm, and Virginia (tied with Massachusetts) is in...