Editors’ Note: Reposted, with permission, from the Virginia Mercury, March 28, 2022. https://www.virginiamercury.com/2022/03/28/in-its-arrogance-virginia-government-continues-walling-off-the-publics-right-to-know/ By Bob Lewis It may sound almost laughable now – a cruel joke, to be sure – but there was a time when Virginia had a decent… Read More ›
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Stem this Wanton Bloodshed
Editors’ Note: Reposted with permission from the Virginia Mercury, March 24, 2022. https://www.virginiamercury.com/2022/03/24/we-must-do-something-to-stem-this-wanton-bloodshed/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=c75058e2-2b46-4209-bc66-e7dbf0589cda By Roger Chesley Please make them stop. I’m talking about the wanton, reckless firearm slayings that happen too often in Virginia and around the country. The victims… Read More ›
Outside the Novahood
WHO KILLED COCK ROBIN? RADFORD PONDERS DEATHS OF 80 Who killed Cock Robin? I, said the Sparrow, in the c. 1770 poem, before others confessed, including the Fly, Duck, Beetle, Owl, Rook, Lark, Linnet, Dove, Kite, Crow, Thrush, and Bull…. Read More ›
The Poverty of Hate in Virginia
Whether or not one accepts or agrees with the designation of hate groups by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), the potential for the existence and proliferation of such organizations should be of concern to all. That concern, in turn,… Read More ›
Government by Edict
Editors’ Note: Excerpted, with permission, from Bacon’s Rebellion, March 14, 2022, https://www.baconsrebellion.com/wp/ By Dick Hall-Sizemore Although the issue of school mask mandates is now behind us, it is instructive to examine the legal arguments advanced by Attorney General Jason Miyares… Read More ›
Around the Novahood
THE EAGLES HAVE LANDED Not quite the 1976 film plot but an exciting event nonetheless . . . in the Dulles Greenway wetlands in Leesburg. Mom Rosa and Dad Martin, who have resided in the Greenway’s wetlands since 2005,… Read More ›
Make No Mistakes; Mistakes Happen
It’s one thing to expect credibility from media sources. Perfection is another matter.
General Assembly Session Scorecard
The Virginia Public Access Project (VPAP) produces visuals that helpfully portray the parameters of political and cultural activity in the Commonwealth. Its latest graph provides a political scorecard of the results of the two political parties with respect to legislation…. Read More ›
Campaign Finance Backwater
Editors’ Note: Reposted from the Virginia Mercury, March 7, 2022. https://www.virginiamercury.com/2022/03/07/by-allowing-political-cash-for-personal-use-virginia-remains-a-campaign-finance-backwater/. By Bob Lewis Virginia’s General Assembly has always set a low bar for campaign finance accountability. And every winter, our legislators fail to clear even that. The way the… Read More ›
Outside the Novahood
DOG WHISTLES AT THE BEACH According to a Virginia Beach School Board member, educating “South Americans is not sustainable.” The comment was made on the member’s personal Facebook page in connection with discussion of the school budget and the number of… Read More ›