Alfred E. Neuman, the iconic cover boy of Mad magazine, was popularized beginning in 1954. However, the likeness appeared much earlier, including in the early 1930s on a campaign poster for Franklin D. Roosevelt along with the caption, “Sure, I’m… Read More ›
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Handicapping Virginia
Handicapping the outcomes of political races has not yet become deadly but pundits who offer conclusions are far too often incorrect, leading to post-election explanations. There exist, however, some data sources that offer insight into the direction and dynamics of… Read More ›
Revolting RINOs
There are some who can recall The Life of Riley, a radio and TV series from 1944 into the 1950s, which originally starred Jackie Gleason and later William Bendix as the inept, bumbling protagonist Chester A. Riley, making molehills into… Read More ›
News Flash: GOP Favors Early Voting
Editors’ Note: Excerpted from Cardinal News, October 22, 2021, https://cardinalnews.org/2021/10/22/why-republicans-are-now-pushing-early-voting/. By Dwayne Yancey Democrats have generally been the ones pushing for, and embracing, early voting. Donald Trump spent much of 2020 railing against early voting, particularly voting by mail (something… Read More ›
Whistling Dixie
Whistling Dixie originates from the concept that an impossible or improbable goal will come true or be believed by the listener. While “dog whistle” relates to sound that may be received only by dogs, political dog whistles are intended to… Read More ›
ICYMI……..October 25, 1962
On this day, fifty-nine years ago, Adlai Stevenson showed the United Nations Security Council reconnaissance photographs of Soviet ballistic missiles in Cuba. Stevenson was a serious contender for president on three previous occasions and later, in 1961, became President Kennedy’s… Read More ›
Wish Upon A Star
We are all to some degree a reflection of the nurturing environment that surrounds us, adopting views, ideas, even mannerisms of family, friends, public figures. Politicians occasionally portray some excesses in this regard, paraphrasing, sometimes plagiarizing, material from heroic figures…. Read More ›
Is Two Really Sweeter?
Editors’ Note: This VoxFairfax article also appeared in the October 14, 2021, Cardinal News, https://cardinalnews.org/2021/10/14/is-two-really-sweeter/. The shenanigans convulsing the Virginia Redistricting Commission (VRC) were predicted by some critics, mostly based upon the dubious notion that a group of folks not… Read More ›
Superman Morphs
Some of us are sufficiently aged to remember comic book innovations like three-dimensional in 1954. If you were born a bit earlier, you may have read the initial Superman adventures, which debuted in 1938. However, Superman’s family history and story… Read More ›
The Road Ahead
It appears that the Virginia Redistricting Commission (VRC) will not meet its timeline to produce a set of electoral maps establishing new boundaries that are supposed to endure until the next census in 2030, in effect, a 10-year legacy. The… Read More ›