Ron Kirby, region’s top transportation expert, leaves legacy of a model public servant
Region’s top transportation expert was honest broker who earned esteem from all sides in hot battles,
Terry McAuliffe has mastered the style of a Va. governor, but he has to deliver on substance
COLUMN | Va. governor-elect has mastered style expected of chief executive, but he has much to prove on substance.
Terry McAuliffe victory in governor’s race shows purple Virginia is acquiring bluish tinge
Lessons of a negative Virginia election: Democrat’s win highlights changing views on guns and gays.
Douglas Gansler’s ‘Beach Week’ misstep highlights hypocrisy over legal drinking age
Doug Gansler’s “Beach Week” misstep highlights hypocrisy over law against underage drinking.
Cuccinelli’s hard-line conservatism seems headed for decisive rejection in Va.
COLUMN | Polls point to GOP defeat that would smash right’s myth that Virginia will embrace its candidates.
Terry McAuliffe would struggle to satisfy all of his donors’ desires as Virginia governor
If he wins Virginia governor’s race, Democrat would find it hard to deliver on everything his contributors desire.
Gansler’s controversy could distract from his unorthodox views in Md. governor’s race
Md. gubernatorial candidate Gansler rattles Democrats’ complacency with heretical ideas on budget, schools.
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School Class of 1971 reunion recalls abolishing prom
B-CC high school Class of 1971 reunion recalls topsy-turvy era when protests trumped traditions.
As Virginia governor, Terry McAuliffe would have to woo Republicans, clean up his ethics
COLUMN | As Va. governor, McAuliffe would need to woo GOP-led House, clean up ethics.
Web contest highlights 1,887 possible new logos for Washington’s pro football team
Web contest draws 1,887 entries for new logo for Washington’s football team; ‘Warriors,’ ‘Redtails’ on top.
Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda to devote class hours to teach ‘mindfulness’
Bethesda’s Walt Whitman school to teach meditation techniques during regular class hours in pilot program.
Cafritz battle with Chevy Chase neighborhood highlights pluses, minuses of ‘smart growth’
Cafritz project shows need for developers to be upfront and neighborhoods to accept change.
Federal shutdown idles Air Force expert honored for saving government $1 billion
Furlough idles award-winning Air Force energy expert who saved taxpayers $1 billion.
Mayor Vincent Gray finds legal way to avoid arrest for defying Congress over shutdown
District finds legal way to defy Congress, keep city open even in case of federal budget gridlock.
In debate with McAuliffe, Cuccinelli unable to shake the past
Democrat Terry McAuliffe was able to keep Republican Ken Cuccinelli on the defensive.
Ralph Northam eventually draws contrast with E.W. Jackson in Virginia lt. governor’s debate
It takes a while, but Virginia Democrat succeeds in drawing contrasts with Republican in lt. governor’s contest
Good police training is a grim benefit of mass shootings
A generally quick, well-coordinated police response at the Navy Yard illustrates lessons from past killings.
Dr. Janis Orlowski, instant celebrity for gun violence comments, wants more than just laws
A physician who became an instant celebrity urges mental health care and other steps to curb shootings.
Dominion Virginia Power won’t build offshore wind farm on tract it leased unless cost drops
Environmentalists cry foul as Virginia utility says it might not build wind turbines on tract it leased off coast.
Gov. Robert McDonnell shouldn’t stick Va. taxpayers with his legal bills in gifts case
Virginians should demand that the governor’s defense fund cover all his costs related to the gifts case.
Robert McCartney’s column on local issues appears Thursdays and Sundays in The Post’s Metro section. He also does a Friday radio commentary on WAMU (88.5 FM), and has been a regular guest on local television stations WTTG Fox 5 and News Channel 8.
Before becoming a columnist in 2009, McCartney was The Post’s top Metro editor. In that job, he supervised coverage of the 2007 Virginia Tech shootings, for which the staff received the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting.
Since joining The Post in 1982, McCartney has held a wide variety of jobs including Foreign Editor, national security editor, foreign correspondent in Mexico and Germany, and Managing Editor of The International Herald Tribune in Paris. As a reporter, McCartney covered the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, and civil wars in El Salvador and Nicaragua in the mid-1980s.