Editors’ Note: This is the third in a series feature in which VF editors may join along with volunteer contributors to discuss a contemporary topic. This “real time” installment features Jim McCarthy, Frank Blechman, Barbara Levine, and Andrew Scalise. Our… Read More ›
Health Care
Getting Past the Pain
By Frank Blechman “Gentlemen may cry ‘peace, peace’ but there is no peace.…” –Patrick Henry, Second Virginia Convention, St. John’s Church, Richmond, March 23, 1775 Patrick Henry was known for his powerful oratory more than for his effective leadership. The… Read More ›
Around the Novahood
A LOVING CHANGE After narrowing down the list of possible new names for Lee Highway, an Arlington task force has settled on its recommendation: Mildred and Richard Loving Avenue. Presently named after Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, the group said… Read More ›
Religion and the Courts
On, Monday, November 26, 2020, in a 5-4 decision, the US Supreme Court ruled that limitations ordered by New York State upon religious gatherings in places of worship as protective measures against the COVIS-19 virus are unconstitutional. The ruling was… Read More ›
“Liberty or Death” Ideology is Dangerous
Editors’ Note: Excerpted from the Roanoke Times, December 1, 2020. Kingsport, Tennessee, is an hour’s drive, about 50 miles, from Wise, Virginia. Kingsport is the site of Ballad Hospital, which acquired a refrigerated truck as a temporary morgue to house… Read More ›
Jim Crow Medical Ethics in Virginia
The Hippocratic oath continues to this day as a model of ethical conduct for medical professionals. It has come, generally, to be regarded as a precept that no harm be done in the practice of medicine and remains to the… Read More ›
What Does Pro-Life Mean?
By Barbara Baum Levine Dear “Pro-Lifer”: Consider carefully what “pro-life” actually means and whether YOU actually fit its description: People who are pro-life do not support forcibly separating children from their parents and imprisoning them in unspeakable conditions, all because… Read More ›
Big Pharma Caught Cheating
Editors’ Note: Adapted from The New York Times, July 1, 2020. [Associated Press]. While not exactly an example of deep state functioning, the case against Novartis is emblematic of the rule of law and the continuing responsibility of government agencies… Read More ›