Nicholas F. Benton

“The nation is in the midst of a profound moral crisis. Americans are hungry for a legitimate spiritual connection.” So declared the talented young preacher who is the minister of the historic First Congregational Church located within blocks of the White House in downtown D.C. The Rev. Amanda Hender-Voss, pastor there since 2020, has seen

Hal Lippman, former Falls Church vice mayor and School Board member who now heads up the Little City’s venerable citizens association, the Citizens for a Better City (CBC), came before the F.C. City Council at its meeting this Monday to deliver a powerful message about how the City’s legacy commitment to truly affordable housing has

Falls Church Memorial Day Weekend Celebrates Community, Service & Graduation Falls Church Memorial Day Weekend Celebrates Community, Service and Graduation Falls Church, VA — An extended Memorial Day weekend in the Little City brought together community celebration, remembrance, graduation and tribute, showcasing the many sides of Falls Church civic life. Harvey’s Summer Stomp Launches the

Three Essential Causes for Human Survival: Water, Housing and Energy Fresh water, affordable housing and abundant energy remain the defining challenges for humanity’s future. Through the course of my adult life, there have been three “big picture” causes that I still feel are essential to the continued life of human beings on this planet. They

This Monday, another marathon Falls Church City Council work session inched toward a preliminary vote on a significant affordable housing plan for the 4.5-acre affordable housing site in downtown Falls Church. Incremental progress was made and eventually the “6-7” mantra was dominant. That is, whether a maximum height of buildings on the site will be

While the president is wandering around the site of the annual G-7 meeting in the French Alps, with plenty of security around to make sure he doesn’t get too far off track, the question arises of how dangerous the current world situation is, compared to other major crises in the last half century or more.

This time it took almost six hours, but at the end of the day (or the beginning of a new one), in the wee hours of Tuesday, the Falls Church City Council achieved a surprising and resounding 6-1 vote for a first reading, preliminary approval of a complex plan to bring redevelopment and new affordable

Folks had better be well prepared to grab away the football, and I don’t mean from Y.A. Tiddle or Charlie Brown’s Lucy. Nobody can be sure what is going on inside the president’s brain right now. It is a truly bizarre situation for us all. There are those who speculate that Trump’s erratic behavior is

The next 50 years? I am old enough to vividly recall 50 years ago when the U.S. celebrated its 200th anniversary. It was 1976 and I was living in San Francisco. A group of us were gathered on the big night to go to the rooftop of an apartment building and watch a huge fireworks

As we celebrate our first 250 years, here are some thoughts on what the next 250 years for the U.S. may bring: The next 250 years will likely transform the U.S. from an aging, politically fractured nation into a post-scarcity, technologically integrated superpower. 1. Demographic Transformation – The U.S. demographic landscape will be entirely reshaped.