An American Life

Two weeks after the resignation of the head of the United Way of the National Capital Area, the Prince William United Way launched its 2002 campaign Thursday at an upbeat luncheon. “Many changes will be taking place within the coming months and we ask for your patience and for your support while this happens,” campaign…

Project Mend-A-House, Manassas, celebrated 22 years of providing thousands of hours of critical home repairs and safety improvements to local residents most in need during its annual “Taste of Town” dinner and fundraiser last week. The dinner at the VFW Hall in Dale City not only served as a venue to recognize the organization’s many…

A historic event took place Tuesday at Joe Gibbs’ Youth for Tomorrow New Life Center south of Manassas on Linton Hall Road. The residential-educational-couseling facility for at-risk teenage boys since 1986, broke ground for two new residential quarters for girls. Two eight-bed girls’ homes will be constructed at a cost of $1 million. The homes,…

Sean Connaughton has forced us to become the defenders of the porn industry in recent months, even though many on the editorial board find pornography offensive. It’s not that the adult entertainment industry deserves defending, but the encroachment of government into private lives should be disdained. This is especially true when looking at Prince William…

Bob Dole, the former U.S. Senator from Kansas, can sign about 200 books an hour and make a favorable impression on everyone he meets while he’s doing it. A room full of Marines lined up Saturday at the Quantico Marine Corps base exchange to wait for Dole’s signature on their copy of “One Soldier’s Story,”…

“When and if we get to the stage of considering the death penalty, I want you to consider this letter,” Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney James A. Willett told jurors considering the capital murder case against Paul Warner Powell Monday afternoon. The “singular document,” as Willett described it, is the basis for the capital murder charge against…