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...Monday Maryland became only the second state after Virginia to officially seek atonement for slavery. The state's House of Delegates approved a measure, already passed by the senate and not requiring the governor's signature, expressing "profound regret for the role that Maryland played in instituting and maintaining slavery and for the discrimination that was slavery's legacy...
...wonder black people were so appalled when Frank Hargrove, a Virginia legislator who is white, said last month "black citizens should get over" slavery. That notion invalidates the black reality. It essentially says: The discrimination you feel and I benefit from is an illusion - or at least has no historical context...
...Republican leader Mitch McConnell's deft political outmaneuvering of the Democrats over a terrible war that Kristol himself helped sell. The callousness he displayed about the suffering of thousands of Americans and millions of Iraqis is outrageous. Maybe he should stop smiling, for decency's sake. Avi Brand, Alexandria, Virginia...
...Physicians Can Change the Future of Health Care,” Porter and University of Virginia professor Elizabeth O. Teisberg criticize the U.S. health care industry’s preoccupation with cost-reduction...
Casey is the group’s leader, having started 25 of the team’s 42 games behind the dish last season. After backing up stalwart Schuyler Mann ’05 for two seasons, the Virginia Beach native assumed regular duties in 2006, hitting .267 but striking out 22 times in 86 at-bats and picking up a mere...