A gunfight at the Waples Mill Corral, a/k/a the National Rifle Association, has resulted in an unknown number of wounded individuals in recent days, none related to the Hatfields or McCoys, although the brouhaha had the earmarks of a deadly… Read More ›
State
When in the Course of Human Hypocrisy . . .
The Democratic Party of Virginia (DPVA) has announced that it rejected a contribution from the state’s lieutenant governor, Justin Fairfax, and his PAC, to purchase a table at the organization’s forthcoming Blue Commonwealth Gala in June. Ostensibly, the reason is… Read More ›
VA Prison Officials Turn Working Moms into Smugglers
Nurse in SE Virginia prison smuggles disassembled breast pump after facing repeated roadblocks to legal pumping. (This article is excerpted from a story by Natalie Kitroeff in the January 6, 2019 New York Times.) CAPRON, Va. — At 3 a.m. on a… Read More ›
MEET A VIRGINIAN: Dred Scott
Dred Scott was born into slavery in Southampton, Virginia, about 1795. He unsuccessfully sued for his freedom and that of his wife and their two daughters, in the Dred Scott v. Sandford [Scott’s owner] case of 1857. It is widely viewed… Read More ›
Virginia’s Judiciary Needs Diversity
By Del. Jennifer Carroll-Foy Reposted from the December 14, 2018, issue of Blue Virginia. By the end of the 2018 Virginia General Assembly legislative session, a budget was passed to fully fund every unfilled judicial seat in the state of… Read More ›
Individual Rights, Freedom, and Society
One of the most difficult paths to navigate in governing is that of balancing individual rights and freedom with that of societal requirements. Last month [November4; Fear Rules, Health Suffers], VoxFairfax offered comment on the issue of mandatory vaccination. Recently, an… Read More ›
MEET A VIRGINIAN: Virginia Dare
Child Becomes Alt-Right Icon Born in 1587 in the Roanoke Colony in what is now North Carolina, Virginia Dare was the first English child born in a New World English overseas possession; she was named after the territory of Virginia. What became of Virginia and the other colonists remains… Read More ›
To Be or Not To Be—Political
SCOTUS employs the dodge of “political question” when it decides not to decide an issue presented to it. Of late, the murky mask has been called into play on several occasions involving voting rights. But SCOTUS will decide on voting… Read More ›
Labor’s Love Lost in Last Place in Virginia
New data have emerged demonstrating what most observers of the Virginia economic and political scene have always known: the Commonwealth is unfriendly to organized labor in particular and to working families more generally. According to the Census Bureau, Virginia’s population… Read More ›