Steve Woll

It is in most ways a somber anniversary, remembering one of those days where you felt like you literally couldn't believe your eyes. By September 2001, I had been in the Navy for 15 years. During that time, we had had the first Gulf War, and a good number of smaller military actions around the world, but we could be forgiven for thinking that the world was getting more peaceful. George Bush had run on Compassionate Conservatism, the Soviet Union was no more, and China was still a rising...

What a stretch. For the last 5+ weeks, I've been fully engaged in meeting the Virginia Elections requirement to have 1000 validated, registered voters from your district sign a petition to allow someone to be placed on the ballot. I hadn't done anything like that before, and I live in a pretty dense part of town, so I figured it wouldn't be a big deal. Another lesson learned for the new guy. Turns out that in the current environment, that's a pretty tall order. With the help of some...

I've always been interested in history, which means having to be aware of politics, even if it rarely seemed like something I would like to do. Right after college, I volunteered for a presidential campaign and got a taste of political sausage-making. I was still interested, but I didn't get bit by the political bug. Soon I was in the Navy and focused on my career, which was truly as apolitical as you could get. I worked closely with probably a thousand people over the years, and I knew...