I have long been outspoken about the politics of kids’ sports, and frequently downright disgusted at the backhanded lessons our children continually learn from athletics. Here is one of my favorite sporting lessons: “Sports are more important than anything in your life, including family vacations or holidays.“ Then there’s: “Win at all costs.“

Soon we will open our home to two French foreign exchange students. This is an undertaking that we did not decide upon lightly.

POLITICAL NOTEBOOK So who votes in party primaries these days- Not a whole lot of ordinary Virginians who don’t pay particular attention to partisan hues of reds or blues.

In the season of the great immigration debate, I left the nation’s capital to see what the fuss was about. What do people in the rural heart of Virginia’s 5th congressional district think about immigration-