"Coast FI," short for coast financial independence, is getting a lot of attention among younger investors. I get the allure, but I caution against such a rigid approach.
- MARYFRANCES PORTER
UVa Children's is offering a monthly, 15-minute webinar offering parents tips and tricks on managing their child's mental health.
- BRADLEY FIRCHOW
Abigail Spanberger wants to better coordinate Virginia's emergency and disaster response systems. Coordination presumes something underneath to coordinate.
- ELI LERDAU
If the summer of 2026 in The Daily Progress newsroom taught me anything, it's that stories are told by people, about people, for people.
- JEANNA BEKER
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library belongs to a large family of groups supporting child literacy. And they all need our support.
- JEFF BENNETT
Perhaps this is what the 25th anniversary of 9/11 should ask us to remember, not only where we were when the planes struck, but who we were before they did.
- JAMES E. EDMUNDS II
Virginia is asking sportsmen to pay more at a time when participation in hunting, fishing and other outdoor activities already faces challenges.
New projections say the the Social Security Trust Fund will run out in 2032. If you're younger than 60, your future benefits likely won't be as advertised.
Small businesses don’t experience government one bill at a time. We experience it all at once. Gov. Abigail Spanberger needs to learn this.
American lawmakers are considering making daylight saving time year-around. This would have a serious impact on our bodies, our minds and our well-beings.
Virginia must confront the legacy of segregated swim access and strengthen swim camp safety standards to prevent future drownings.
Last Friday, I read that the statue of my great-grandfather, Dr. Hunter Holmes McGuire, was removed from Richmond's Capitol Square. Good.
Virginia’s $353 million share of the Meta settlement offers a once-in-a-generation chance to strengthen youth mental health.
For one moment, the power of the commonwealth rests in the hands of ordinary people. Virginian jurors deserve to know how much their verdict counts.
- MATTHEW P. CAVEDON
For one moment, the power of the commonwealth rests in the hands of ordinary people. Virginian jurors deserve to know how much their verdict counts.
- CHRIS GAVALER
Gay marriage, abortion and voting rights for the formerly incarcerated are on the ballot in Virginia this November.
- GLEB TSIPURSKY
Virginia employers must treat AI like an apprenticeship tool, not a replacement for training.
- RYAN JOHNSON
Whether Virginia remains a blue state depends on whether Virginians remember that limited government and personal responsibility once made it a great place to live.
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR
The detention and deportation of people who live and work among us betrays our civic responsibility and wounds our neighborly conscience.
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR
I am walking temporarily with a cane because of a knee issue. It has been an unpleasant eye-opener.
- JORGEN VIK
Helping your child buy their home is perfectly reasonable. But there's more than one way to do it.
- DEBBIE WITCHEY
Spending on care for children with autism is growing fast. So too are reports of waste, fraud and abuse within that system of care.
- MICHAEL PAUL WILLIAMS
It's hard to argue that VSU dodged a bullet when five people were wounded, one critically, by gunfire earlier this month on its Ettrick campus.
- NICK HUTCHINS
The Appalachian Mountains are a magical place. Dolly Parton always knew that. We can't forget that.
- BILL PIKE
It doesn't matter if you are leading a school or a church; people want to know your vision. Where are you taking them?
- JANELLE TAYLOR-JOHNSON and BETH VANN-TURNBULL
For too many families in Virginia, the return to school is overshadowed by a persistent crisis: housing instability and homelessness.