Death be not proud: the opening words to Holy Sonnet X by the English poet John Donne (1572-1631) are generally interpreted by literary scholars as a prelude to the balance of the sonnet’s theme, asserting that death is truly powerless in… Read More ›
Issues
FedEx: No Taxes, No Thank You
Editors’ Note: The results of the tax reform legislation for FedEx are a real-world example of wealth inequality and lobby influence. Readers should be aware that both FedEx and UPS as cited in this article have lobbied to hamper the… Read More ›
Suffer Slings and Arrows or Take Arms
By Frank Blechman Most of us have seen or been in the middle of situation where two people or groups were fighting over some difference. And, most of the time, being sensible people, we try to get out of the… Read More ›
Double Oops!
Few are unfamiliar with Rick Perry’s “oopsable” performance during the run-up to the Republican presidential primary during a debate in 2011. Perry was discussing his jobs and flat tax plan when he said, “And I will tell you, it is… Read More ›
APB for Commonwealth Menhaden
On October 25, 2019, the Richmond Times-Dispatch—in an act of environmental and economic courage—reported by way of a guest author the curmudgeonly misdeeds of a Canadian enterprise allegedly over harvesting menhaden[1] from the Chesapeake Bay. The primary question of the… Read More ›
CNN’s Toobin Regrets Clinton Email Coverage
Editors’ Note: Excerpted from Politico, October 21, 2019. Toobin’s admission is a cautionary tale to all news consumers to maintain a critical mindset as talking heads regale with their expertise. Readers must be careful to filter media communications through the… Read More ›
Economic Incentives Often Fall Short
Editors’ Note: Adapted from The New York Times, October 26, 2019. By Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee [The authors were just awarded the Nobel Prize in economics.] At least since Adam Smith and his famous B’s (“It is not from the benevolence of… Read More ›
New Voters Turned Virginia Blue
Editors’ Note: An insightful analysis reposted from The New York Times, November 9, 2019. By Sabrina Tavernise and Robert Gebeloff SOUTH RIDING, Va. — Not long ago, this rolling green stretch of Northern Virginia was farmland. Most people who could vote had grown up here. And… Read More ›
No Resistance. No Cabal. Public Servants. They are Us.
From a New York Times editorial, October 21, 2019. Editors’ Note: VoxFairfax has published several articles satirizing the administration’s concern with a “deep state” as cited by Steve Bannon to justify an attack upon individuals–always unnamed but dangerous–to White House policies… Read More ›