August 4, 1961: Barack Obama born. August 6, 1890: First person executed by electrocution, William Kemmler, Auburn, New York. August 6, 1926: Gertrude Ederle, 19, becomes first woman to swim the English Channel. August 6, 1945: US drops atomic bomb on… Read More ›
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This Week in History
July 30, 1619: The first legislative assembly in America convenes–in Jamestown, Virginia. July 30, 1965: Lyndon B. Johnson signs Medicare bill. July 31, 1991: US and Soviet Union sign Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. Aug. 1, 1914: Germany declares war against… Read More ›
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
For those unconvinced by the racial argument [as the basis for contemporary acceptance of Russia], there is the matter of religious orthodoxy: after the fall of the Soviet Union, many Christian conservative leaders in the U.S. awoke to the reality… Read More ›
The Commonweal Requires Common Sense
Poverty in America along, with allied issues such as income inequality, wage stagnation, and limited job and training opportunities, remains a core concern in modern society and seems immune to “trickle down” economic policies such as the recent tax reform… Read More ›
Balkan Backhand Blather
Montenegro is one of ten nations that constitute what we learned in elementary school is the Balkan peninsula, including Slovenia, birthplace of Melania Trump. The region was consumed by civil war in the early 1990s and Montenegro became a safe… Read More ›
Lesson of History . . .
By Theodore Geisel (Dr. Seuss), 1941
UPDATE: AG Mark Herring Acts Against Phony Charities
Editors’ Note: On April 27 VoxFairfax published FALLS CHURCH VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS UNDER INVESTIGATION. The Attorney General has taken action in this area. On July 19 his office issued the following press release: ATTORNEY GENERAL HERRING TAKES ACTION AGAINST DECEPTIVE VETERANS CHARITIES AS… Read More ›
In Case You Forgot . . .
Editors’ Note: We deeply respect the attention of voters and our readers to issues, but are also sensitive to the reality that the speed and volume of news and the news cycle tend to overwhelm each of us. Therefore, VoxFairfax… Read More ›
Sense and Nonsense
In his State of the Union address on January 28, 1988, President Ronald Reagan stated to great laughter that “…the Federal Government declared a war on poverty, and poverty won.” On July 12, 2018, the White House Council of Economic… Read More ›