House Editorial: From red to eggplant

Last year, newly elected governor of Virginia, Timothy M. Kaine, gave what The Washington Post called an “upbeat, hopeful message tinged with a few jabs at Bush,” in response to the president’s State of the Union address. But a year ago the Democrats were the bottom-feeders in what had become a one-party system across the three branches of federal government; Kaine’s unassuming style was necessary to appear autonomous while attempting to work in a Republican political world. More...

The Writing on the Wall: The state of a very different union
By Brian Goodman, opinion editor

Though Tuesday night was President Bush’s sixth foray into the epidictic rhetorical situation that is the State of the Union address, it was different this time, for a number of reasons. More...

Through Murky Waters: What about the children?
By Alex Sirney, senior writer

It’s a long walk from your apartment to class in the morning this time of year. Actually — admit it — the last few days even the walk from Potomac to Festival or your equivalent has looked daunting. More...

Through the Looking Glass: A hard pill to swallow
By Sarah Delia, staff writer

High school health class has to be the most humorous, embarrassing and frightening encounters each of us has ever had the displeasure of experiencing. Sure, we may have bragged about how many times we’d had a sexual encounter (most likely lies), wrote dirty questions on the note cards that were passed around during question time, or laughed every time a picture of the female or male anatomy was placed on the overhead projector. More...

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