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Tuesday

Addison Del Mastro

In defense of Northern Virginia

Last month, Spectator World contributor Casey Chalk wrote an article for the Abbeville Institute about the suburbanization of Northern Virginia, and specifically about real estate developer John T. “Til” Hazel Jr., whose projects in the 1970s and '80s considerably defined Virginia’s portion of the DC suburbs. “Tysons Corner, Fair Lakes, Franklin Farm, Burke Centre, and Fairfax Station, if you’ve heard of them, all owe their current existence as prominent residential or commercial zones to Hazel,” writes Chalk. He goes on to argue, as many do of Northern Virginia, that for all its diversity and proximity to a major city, the region lacks a core or center, as well as the sense of neighborliness and community that once thrived in the area’s smaller-town agricultural days.

Thursday

Cockburn

Moves Like Macker: a short history of Terry McAuliffe’s terrible dancing

Cockburn’s rug-cutting days are behind him. An unfortunate misunderstanding with the wife of an Ecuadorian chargé d’affairs during a Georgetown salsa class means he now steers well clear of the dancefloor. But he learned enough in his time to know that Terry McAuliffe, the Democratic candidate for Virginia governor, has a strong claim to the title of worst boogier inside the Beltway. The Macker’s moves gained fresh attention when the former governor, floundering in his bid for another stint in his old job, started shaking his hips alongside Joe Biden at a rally in Arlington this week. Everyone else on the stage seems to know what to do: stand, smile and wave. Pretend we’re not bombing in the polls, pat each other on the back, hold our hands in the air.

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Monday

Amber Duke

Where the Arlington sidewalk ends

Watch out, Gretchen Whitmer! The queen of draconian and idiotic coronavirus restrictions is getting a run for her money thanks to a new ordinance passed by the Arlington County Board in Virginia. The board unanimously voted Friday to ban groups larger than three people from congregating together on streets and sidewalks. Pedestrians are also required to maintain six feet of distance between each other at all times. Rule breakers could be slapped with a $100 ticket. Catholic University professor Chad C. Pecknold pointed out on Twitter that the policy would have an adverse affect on families, writing, 'Friends, I don’t know any other way of putting this.

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