Recognition for Virginia Tribes Passes U.S. House
Perriello Bill to Have National Park Service Run D-Day Memorial
Perriello Promotes Tax Break for Homebuyers
Kaine Talks High Speed Rail with Biden
Warner Blasts GOP Ticket as the “No Camp”
McAuliffe Campaigns at GM Plant That is Closing
Deeds Hopes He’s a Hit at Harbor Parkr
Third Choice Deeds Now Number One in Race
New Anti-McDonnell Ad Focuses on Pilot Article
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Signer Makes Stop in Lynchburg
George Allen Launches Group to Sway Energy Policy
Bogus Claim Linking Jail and School Raised Election after Election
Secretary of Transportation Homer Offers Alarming Assessment of Transportation System
Letters Sent to Individuals About Hacked Prescription Files Advising Vigilance
Prince William County Executive to Step Down
Economy Dampens Response to Final Years of Hampton Schools Early Retirement Bonus
Albemarle Mulls Expanding Law on Barking Dogs
Albemarle Board Explores Way to Save Hatton Ferry
Workforce Center at PVCC Faces delay at Hands of State
Bedford Looks for Places to Save in Budget
Activist Randall Terry Says Murdered Dr. Tiller was Mass Murderer and Reaped What He Had Sowed






The Washington Post article on the supposed link between performance in third-grade and the likelihood of prison in later life illuminates how some conclusions come to take root despite their tenuous relation to the facts. It is a perennial problem in all areas of knowledge: the comfort of a neat theory flying in the face of evidence. Some books of revisionist history derive from that discrepancy.