A marriage equality bill that respects religious objectors
Lexington, Virginia • November 1, 2009 -- Washington and Lee University law professor Robin Fretwell Wilson published an opinion piece in the Nov. 1, 2009, edition of The Washington Post examining the District of Columbia's same sex marriage bill.

Kennedy Would Have Relished the Fight Liberals Face Now
Lexington, Virginia • August 30, 2009 -- Washington and Lee University history professor Molly Michelmore assesses the legacy of the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy in an op-ed that appeared in both the Richmond Times-Dispatch and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Sotomayor’s Nomination: Will the Senate Fight the Wrong Fight?
by Mark Rush
Lexington, Virginia • July 8, 2009 -- Mark Rush, Robert G. Brown Professor of Politics and Law and head of the department of politics, at Washington and Lee University examined the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court in an opinion piece published in The Roanoke Times on July 8, 2009.

Reticence and Revolution
by Robert A. Strong
Lexington, Virginia • July 6, 2009 -- Robert A. Strong, associate provost and Wilson Professor of Politics at Washington and Lee University, wrote about President Obama's response to the Iranian election in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

Their Day
Lexington, Virginia • May 28, 2009 -- Writing in Inside Higher Ed, Washington and Lee President Kenneth P. Ruscio says that commencement speakers should remember that the day belongs to the graduates and their families — advice he gives himself each year.

Judge Ginsburg's Centrist Role: Opinion Piece by W&L's Russell Miller in Roanoke Times
Lexington, Virginia • April 1, 2009 -- Russell A. Miller, associate professor of law at Washington and Lee University, assesses the role that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has played on the Court.

The Challenge of D.C. Representation: Opinion Piece by W&L's Mark Rush in Times-Dispatch
Lexington, Virginia • March 24, 2009 -- Mark Rush, the Robert G. Brown Professor of Law and Politics at Washington and Lee University, explores issues surrounding the efforts to gain voting rights of citizens of the District of Columbia in an opinion piece published by the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

Drop-Dead Day for Detroit: Opinion Piece by Smitka in Times-Dispatch
Lexington, Virginia • February 15, 2009 -- Michael Smitka, professor of economics at Washington and Lee University, explores the state of the automobile industry in advance of "drop-dead day," the deadline that Congress have given Detroit's Big Three to produce turnaround plans.

W&L's DeLaney Discusses Abraham Lincoln in Fredericksburg Free Lance Star
Lexington, Virginia • February 11, 2009 -- Theodore C. DeLaney, associate professor of history, discusses Abraham Lincoln's achievements and legacy in an opinion piece in the Fredericksburg Free Lance Star.

W&L's Amanda Bower Rates Super Bowl Advertising on Weekend Virginia
Lexington, Virginia • February 8, 2009 -- Business administration and marketing professor Amanda Bower on WVTF's Weekend Edition.

W&L's Linda Hooks Discusses "Bad Banks" on Weekend Virginia
Lexington, Virginia • February 8, 2009 -- Economics professor Linda Hooks appears on WVTF's Weekend Virginia.

W&L's Smitka Discusses Auto Crisis on WTOP Radio
Lexington, Virginia • February 4, 2009 -- Economics professor Michael Smitka appears on WTOP radio in Washington, D.C.

W&L Cited in NPR Morning Edition Story on Dan Rather
Lexington, Virginia • December 23, 2008 -- Journalism Professor Edward Wasserman and alumnus Michael Missel are quoted in a Dec. 23 segment of NPR's Morning Edition, discussing Dan Rather's suit vs. CBS.

W&L's Tyler Lorig Discusses What the Nose Knows with WVTF Public Radio
Lexington, Virginia • December 23, 2008 -- In an interview with Connie Stevens of WVTF, public radio in Roanoke, Tyler Lorig, the Ruth Parmly Professor and chair of neuroscience at Washington and Lee, explains the ways in which our sense of smell has an impact on all of our senses.

Brian Richardson Discusses the News Business on NPR affiliate WMRA
Lexington, Virginia • December 13, 2008 -- Brian Richardson, head of the department of journalism and mass communications, at Washington and Lee appeared on NPR affiliate WMRA's Virginia Insight show to discuss the news business and its experiments in keeping the public attention.

W&L Economics Professor Arthur Goldsmith Quoted in USA Today Story on Joblessness
Lexington, Virginia • December 1, 2008 -- W&L Professor of Economics Arthur Goldsmith was quoted in a Dec. 4 USA Today story on how personality types can effect one's ability to weather an economic downturn.

W&L Politics Professor Examines Supreme Court on WVTF's Evening Edition
Lexington, Virginia • December 3, 2008 -- Mark Rush, the Robert G. Brown Professor of Politics and Law and head of the department of politics at Washington and Lee, was a guest on Evening Edition, a public affairs program of WVTF public radio in Roanoke on Tuesday, Dec. 2.