Tag: opinion

Your View: Duke Street in Motion is ill-considered

To the editor:  Everyone should be able to see Alexandria’s “Duke Street In Motion” for what it really is: a looming train wreck. The question...

My View: Duke Street in Motion needs re-evaluation

By Sandy Modell Alexandria is fortunate to have an excellent DASH bus system. However, while DASH has experienced phenomenal ridership since its inception in 1984, reaching more...

Your View: Remebering Alexandria’s Hodding Carter

To the editor: I wanted you folks at the Alexandria Times to take notice of the big obituary in Saturday’s Washington Post for former Alexandria...

Poor Robert’s Ruminations with Rob Whittle: Are they a good egg?

By Rob Whittle    On 8-8-08 I was in a meeting with my biggest client, who had imported two “professional cost cutters” from General Motors. They...

Ethical Reflections with Rev. Ian Markham: The impossibility of agnosticism

By Very Rev. Ian Markham, PH.D.  One cannot, simply cannot, be an agnostic all the time. The term ‘agnostic’ was first coined by the English biologist...

Your views: In defense of ARISE

To the editor: The recently printed letter in last week’s edition of the Times, “ARISE program is flawed,” was itself flawed in its mischaracterizations of...

Your views: ARISE program is flawed

To the editor: I was stunned to read about the city’s new ARISE pilot program, from “City to launch guaranteed income pilot” in the Oct....

Keep a sense of perspective: The danger of anxiety

By Rev. Ian Markham As we approach the midterm elections, there is a palpable sense of anxiety in the air. The political divide runs deep....

Your Views: Honoring our Afghan partners

To the editor: Last month marked the one-year anniversary of America’s withdrawal from Afghanistan. A year ago, President Joe Biden summed up his deadly shambolic...

Command this!

By Rob Whittle The Washington Commanders not only ruined my Sunday, but, worse, they ruined this column. I was all set, after they went 2-0, to...