By Frank Blechman Just this once, I am going to give away the answer right at the beginning. Question: IS VIRGINIA BLUE (solidly Democratic)? The national pundits certainly think so. My Answer: NO. Explanation: Virginia voters have given statewide majorities… Read More ›
Editors’ Note: VoxFairfax previously commented on other aspects of the lost cause: http://wp.me/p9DCF-1Aq. History may now have begun to record a final epitaph. At the tail end of 2015, just before leaving office, Mitch Landrieu, mayor of New Orleans, issued… Read More ›
The do-over is an integral quality of the American fabric of fairness in competitive instances. Defined as a new attempt or opportunity to do something after a previous attempt has been unsuccessful or unsatisfactory, the do-over is an experience all… Read More ›
Editors’ Note: Excerpted from The New York Times, November 9, 2020. By Bret Stephens There will be more than a few conservatives who will spend the next 30 years trying to prove the election was stolen. Others will insist Donald… Read More ›
By Frank Blechman We all know the (supposedly African) proverb, “It takes a village to raise a child.” Intuitively translated in general terms, that principle becomes, “It takes a team to tackle a complicated task.” “It takes a village to… Read More ›
Editors’ Note: Sourced from a New York Times opinion piece, November 7, 2020. History tells us that “20 and odd” African captives were aboard a Dutch man o’ war ship that deposited them in Jamestown, Virginia, in August 1619, the… Read More ›
Shortly after noon on August 9, 1974, in the East Room of the White House, Gerald R. Ford was sworn in as the 38th president of the United States. His first words after taking the oath of office were “My… Read More ›