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Opinion: If your inner voice is telling you something, listen

Opinion: If your inner voice is telling you something, listen

When people contemplate the possibility of miracles, we tend to think in terms of the big and dramatic: Something either impossible or far away. Recent events have reminded me small miracles are possible in our lives [...]

Opinion: Greater oversight by city council could restore public trust in ACPS

Opinion: Greater oversight by city council could restore public trust in ACPS

Public education funding in Alexandria has long been understood as sacrosanct. As a result, when Alexandria City Public Schools has sought funding increases from city council, we’ve acquiesced. While less than 15 percent of Alexandria’s households [...]

Opinion: Understanding power of attorney as parents age

Opinion: Understanding power of attorney as parents age

Powers of attorney (or POAs) are useful tools that enable important decisions to be made when an aging person is unable to do so personally. The inability may be because of geography, mental or physical incapacity, [...]

Hobie & Monk: What to Do with Miss Piggy’s Messy Room?

Hobie & Monk: What to Do with Miss Piggy’s Messy Room?

Hobie and Monk are two Alexandria women with husbands, children, dogs, jobs, mortgages, unmet New Year’s resolutions, obsessions with impractical shoes and English novels … and PhDs in clinical psychology. Their advice, while fabulous, should not [...]

Opinion: Development in Alexandria: A tale of two cities

Opinion: Development in Alexandria: A tale of two cities

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness… Development in Alexandria tells a tale of two cities. One is an [...]

Hobie & Monk: What to do with a gossip girl

Hobie & Monk: What to do with a gossip girl

Hobie and Monk are two Alexandria women with husbands, children, dogs, jobs, mortgages, unmet New Year’s resolutions, obsessions with impractical shoes and English novels, and PhDs in clinical psychology. Their advice, while fabulous, should not be [...]

Opinion: Is dad (or mom) too old to drive?

Opinion: Is dad (or mom) too old to drive?

Is dad too old to drive? Maybe. It’s not just a matter of age — it’s a matter of ability. I know people who are pretty scary behind the wheel: some are older, some are younger, [...]

Opinion: Time for Romney to summon his inner Reagan

Opinion: Time for Romney to summon his inner Reagan

“What I asked you about, professor, was what you thought about the Equalization of Opportunity Bill.” “Oh that?” said Dr. Pritchett. “But I believe I made it clear that I am in favor of it, because [...]

Long Live You: New year, new you: oxidative stress

Long Live You: New year, new you: oxidative stress

This is the first in a series of articles on the root problems of most chronic illnesses: diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, autoimmune disorders, Alzheimer’s disease, chronic fatigue, Parkinson’s disease and early aging. Over the next few [...]

Opinion: Rep. Jim Moran has done more harm than good

Opinion: Rep. Jim Moran has done more harm than good

With Congress’s favorable ratings in the single digits, I encourage the Alexandria Times to retract editorial page editor Denise Dunbar’s Quick Take on December 22, 2011, applauding politicians for micromanaging a parking lot rather than providing [...]