Rural Virginia on the Rise Editors’ Note: Excerpted from Cardinal News, January 13, 2022, with permission. https://cardinalnews.org/2022/01/13/geopolitical-power-in-house-shifts-to-rural-virginia/ By Dwayne Yancey The U.S. Geological Survey says there were at least 45 earthquakes around the world last Wednesday. Most were around the Pacific… Read More ›
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Nations Within a Nation
History and civics as presented in our schools may have exposed us to some reliable material regarding the indigenous peoples living on the continent without offering a a great deal of detail or context. For the most part, it seems… Read More ›
Redistricting Postmortem
The Virginia Supreme Court announced the conclusion of its consideration of redistricting maps for the Commonwealth, terminating an unsuccessful episode of political cartography by the Virginia Redistricting Commission. Thus, the state may now enjoy (or curse) the judiciary’s result for… Read More ›
ICYMI……………………………January 10, 1776
Two hundred forty-six years ago today, Common Sense, authored by Thomas Paine (1737-1809), a 37-year-old immigrant to Philadelphia, was published. According to scholars, the title was a deliberate choice to appeal to the common man about the egalitarian ideals of… Read More ›
Bureaucrats Are Not Running Amok
Editors’ Note: Reposted from Bacon’s Rebellion (https://www.baconsrebellion.com/), with permission. By Dick Hall-Sizemore In a couple of recent posts, much has been made of Governor-elect Youngkin’s comments about reviewing regulations. After thinking about this promise and remembering similar promises by former… Read More ›
DISHONOR ROLL — LEST WE FORGET
On January 6, 2021, and into the early morning of the next day, members of Congress had the Constitutional duty to affirm the Electoral College results from all US jurisdictions. A band of 147 Republican members of Congress voted to… Read More ›
Interview With a Nullifier
This article is almost fiction. On the other hand, in reality, it reflects both concerns about the nation’s electoral process and the duty of elected House representatives. Readers may imagine the interviewee to be any one of the 138 GOP… Read More ›
Fateful Day
The 535 voting members of Congress were to assemble in the Chamber of the House of Representatives at 1:00 pm on January 6, 2021, to bear witness to the recording of electoral votes from the states as submitted following the… Read More ›
Youngkin’s Election Integrity
Editors’ Note: Reposted from the Virginia Mercury, November 10, 2021. Commentary by Roger Chesley I doubt seriously that Thomas Youngkin, the 17-year-old son of Virginia’s newly minted governor, tried to pull a fast one by voting illegally on Election Day. He… Read More ›