Colonial Williamsburg is a Virginia treasure. It portrays life in colonial America just before America's revolution against England. A visitor can sit as a juror in the courthouse, stand in the House of Burgesses, or [...]
Zsa Zsa Gábor was an overachiever. She married nine times. If you feel like a piker for having only been married and divorced once, stay strong! You could eventually join the ranks of Gábor, Larry [...]
A watchword is, nowadays, a word or phrase expressing your core aim or belief. At one time, though, a watchword meant a password given to the guard on watch. Both meanings are useful in today's [...]
Last calendar year brought a fresh crop of bills, new ideas, and some actual laws to the books in Virginia. As we have previously for 2017, here we present some of the winners and losers [...]
Under the Uniformed Services Former Spouses’ Protection Act, and as affirmed by a recent Supreme Court decision, Veterans Affairs (VA) disability benefits (separate from retirement income) are not subject to divisibility in a divorce. [...]
You think your divorce is messy? Consider a former Virginia Beach City Council member's story. According to InStore Magazine's interview, in the space of a few years, the former council member's businesses (seven jewelry [...]
Speirein is the Greek origin of our word "sperm," and the original word means to sow, or scatter. Some Virginia men feel they need to adhere to that original meaning, spreading their offerings all [...]
Sometimes we see the whole of humanity in a small, sad corner of our lives. Veronica Youngblood1, the Fairfax County woman accused of murdering her own children, was in the midst of a custody battle [...]
The common ferret is a remarkable animal. Ferrets are routinely used to hunt rabbits. Felicia Ferret1 cleaned pipes for Fermi Lab. A busyness of ferrets saved London's Millenium Concert2. Busyness — that's the collective noun. [...]
You can have one marshmallow now, but if you wait until the end of this story, you can have two marshmallows. Would you pass the marshmallow test? Many Virginia men are men of action: [...]
