Buzz McClain

More than 200 bankers, builders, and business leaders from around the Washington, D.C., region were witness on Tuesday morning to Stephen Fuller handing off to his successor the crystal ball he reportedly uses when making regional economic forecasts.

With billions of people around the world experiencing “energy poverty,” nuclear energy seems to be a viable answer. But there are problems.

There are still several weeks to go, but students and alumni looking forward to short-term study abroad opportunities this winter are already, albeit figuratively, packing their bags.

Nearly 400 audience members attended three events in the lower level of the Johnson Center at George Mason University’s Fairfax Campus Tuesday night, each of them with a common theme: Civility in political discourse.

The number—19—didn’t quite make a platoon, but it was more than a squad when the first two cohorts of Marine Corps officers earning master’s degrees at the Schar School of Policy and Government met in October for the first time over lunch at the Army-Navy Country Club in Arlington, Va.

How Democrats won the majority in the Virginia House and Senate and what Republicans intend to do to recover from November 5th’s losses were among the topics of discussion Tuesday night during the seventh “After Virginia Votes,” a conversation among representatives of both dominant political parties.

The sudden resignation this week of Bolivian president Evo Morales was a positive turn of events for Yasser Aburdene, who had been spending his evenings this fall at the Bolivian embassy in Washington, D.C., along with others protesting Morales’ questionable election victory.

Some 500 audience members filled the ballroom of the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., Wednesday night, despite chilly rain and a Game 7 of the baseball World Series featuring the city’s own team.

New entries in the Almanac of Virginia Politics include election-relevant material in key races throughout the Commonwealth. Voters can find up-to-date information on candidates and campaign activities on the closely watched, hotly contested races in the House of Delegates and the Virginia Senate.

The “ah-ha” moment came during a conversation in London’s SkyBar during a break at a 2015 investment conference.