The defiance, disbelief, and remedy for the 2020 election results voiced across the nation are stunning. From baseless allegations of fraud to hoarse cries for martial law, voices of folks from the Old Dominion match those in other corners. In… Read More ›
State
On Being Governed
There are other dates in history that live in infamy. Exactly 160 years ago yesterday, on December 20, 1860, South Carolina’s legislature voted to withdraw from the Union known as the United States. That Union had been enshrined in a… Read More ›
Around the Novahood
A LOVING CHANGE After narrowing down the list of possible new names for Lee Highway, an Arlington task force has settled on its recommendation: Mildred and Richard Loving Avenue. Presently named after Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, the group said… Read More ›
Republican Rapture
Michael Steele, former RNC chair and now an MSNBC political commentator and staunch anti-Trumper, in a recent interview observed that Virginia was a bellwether model of the wave of political changes occurring in southern states such as North Carolina, South… Read More ›
Briefly Noted
DEFAMED? DEFANGED? FALWELL DROPS DEFAMATION CLAIM Lawyers for Jerry Falwell notified Lynchburg Circuit Court that their client will not pursue his claim the school damaged his reputation by repeating what he labeled as lies about his participation in an extramarital… Read More ›
Freedom and Respect
By Frank Blechman In the last few weeks, I have written about why I think the statewide Democratic majority is more fragile than it might appear. I have said that it is very risky to gamble that a candidate can… Read More ›
Around the Novahood
FAIRFAX JUDGE RULES CASH BOND UNCONSTITUTIONAL A Fairfax County Circuit Court judge has found that keeping an indigent defendant in jail in lieu of a cash bond is unconstitutional, writing that it violates the Constitution’s Due Process Clause by forcing… Read More ›
VA Dems Can Win an Easy Doubleheader
Editors’ Note: Readers should visit http://www.nationalpopularvote.com for more information on this project. The site offers an opportunity to email your representative to join NPVI. The Commonwealth often regales itself as a fount of democratic progress and, true, it sometimes breaks… Read More ›
Am I Blue?
By Frank Blechman Just this once, I am going to give away the answer right at the beginning. Question: IS VIRGINIA BLUE (solidly Democratic)? The national pundits certainly think so. My Answer: NO. Explanation: Virginia voters have given statewide majorities… Read More ›
The Cult of the Lost Cause
Editors’ Note: VoxFairfax previously commented on other aspects of the lost cause: http://wp.me/p9DCF-1Aq. History may now have begun to record a final epitaph. At the tail end of 2015, just before leaving office, Mitch Landrieu, mayor of New Orleans, issued… Read More ›