http://hamptonroads.com/taxonomy/term/29 Category: Opinion en-us Copyright 2008 PilotOnline.com / HamptonRoads.com. Fri, 16 May 2008 05:58:53 -0400 By Daryl Lease HELLO. I'M new around here. Before I begin slinging opinions in this space on a regular basis, I thought I ought to introduce myse ... http://hamptonroads.com/2008/05/pilot-and-virginia-both-irresistible Wed, 07 May 2008 19:24:40 -0400 It could have been so much worse. Even with houses demolished, neighborhoods closed, businesses destroyed, scores of injuries, the massive tornado th ... http://hamptonroads.com/2008/04/gratitude-follows-twisters-wake Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:52:55 -0400 By Harold Meyerson Eliot Spitzer's fall from grace (and, now, from power) raises a host of serious concerns, not least our ongoing and often ludicr ... http://hamptonroads.com/2008/03/commentary-what-5500-hour-buys Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:43:46 -0400 EVERYONE IN THIS country owes an enormous debt to the men and women who defend it. In some respects, that debt increases when these troops return to ... http://hamptonroads.com/2007/12/charities-vets-flunk-giving-test Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:00:53 -0500 IT WAS EASY for Republicans to demand their fair share of seats on legislative committees when they were in the minority. And it was easy for them ... http://hamptonroads.com/2007/12/gop-kept-its-word-democratic-gains Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:00:06 -0500 CHALK UP THE troubling tragedy of Megan Meier of Missouri as a warning to parents who desperately want to be their child's friend. Megan is the 13- ... http://hamptonroads.com/2007/12/instructive-tragedy-0 Sun, 16 Dec 2007 18:06:39 -0500 Michael Vick ran a dogfighting operation that trained dogs to kill. He bought 15 acres in rural Surry County that provided the privacy and security t ... http://hamptonroads.com/2007/12/deserving-sentence-vick-dogfights Mon, 10 Dec 2007 19:16:18 -0500