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The Secret to Avoiding Poll Results Anxiety
By Frank Blechman My first serious excursion into politics came in 1960 when I canvassed for Jack Kennedy in Virginia. I had no idea what I was doing, but I was young and so was he. He seemed like a… Read More ›
An Unseen and Overlooked Workforce
Editors’ Note: Reposted from NPR, September 17, 2020. The issue raises serious questions about a government policy created 82 years ago with good intentions versus contemporary knowledge and values. Can we do better? By Alina Selyukh Jerry D’Agostino had a… Read More ›
Around the Novahood
NOVA CATHOLICS ADDRESS RACISM; TRUMP APPEALS TO THE FAITHFUL The Catholic Diocese of Arlington, which incudes 70 parishes throughout Northern Virginia, has established a 14-member council to advise its Bishop on racism and determine “actionable” ways to right the wrong… Read More ›
A Litmus Test for All Seasons?
A map view of Henrico County, VA, shows it, like a set of water wings, atop Richmond as home ground for its 325,000 residents, 59% of whom are white and 31% of whom are Black. The county’s five-person Board of… 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 ›
Brief Cases
COVID AND DEMOGRAPHICS ALTER POLITICAL DYNAMICS In Virginia, as of 10/02, early in-person voting reached 362,000, while mail ballots numbered 278,710, for a total of 640,710 in the first two weeks of voting. Over 749,000 mail ballot requests remain outstanding…. Read More ›