As many observers of the Commonwealth’s political scene know, there are several gerrymandering challenges to district boundaries, both congressional and state jurisdictions. In late June, a federal district court panel ruled 2-1 that the Virginia House had unconstitutionally drawn boundaries… Read More ›
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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 ›
Integrity Lives–If You Look for It
Who’s Calling the Shots in State Politics? Michigan lawmakers go public with their finances in effort to boost state integrity Michigan is the only state with a full-time legislature that doesn’t require lawmakers to fill out annual disclosure forms. By Kristian… Read More ›
THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT: IS IT TIME, OR HAS ITS RELEVANCE PASSED?
By Barbara Levine As Virginia teeters on a landmark opportunity to become the 38th state to ratify and thus put into effect the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), we must ask the question: Is it time, or has too much time… Read More ›
Thought for the Day
According to the National Institute on Retirement Security, with lower lifetime earnings, less in savings, and lower Social Security benefits, retired women are 80 percent more likely to live in poverty than men.
MORALITY IN GOVERNANCE
At this point in the arc of history, most folks would acknowledge that slavery, including sex trafficking and child selling, is immoral. Moral precepts may exist independently of religion, while religion may inform moral dialogue. Morality is the distinction between… Read More ›
Loving Pocahontas Day Redux
Editors’ Note: First published by VoxFairfax in June 2018, we are republishing this article in light of recent national events and their proximity to June 12, 1967, the date of a Supreme Court opinion striking down Virginia’s anti-miscegenation law. Pocahontas… Read More ›
HOW TO “NO COMMENT” A PUBLIC COMMENT
Our readers will recall that VoxFairfax reported previously regarding the fundraising activities of two Falls Church not-for-profit organizations—The Center for Homeless American Veterans [CHAV] and the Circle of Friends of American Veterans [COFAV]—following public disclosure that the two were under… Read More ›
TROLLING: POISON THAT INFECTS OUR DISCOURSE
By Jim McCarthy and Michael Fruitman On August 12, 2017, in Charlottesville, Virginians were subjected to chants of “Jews will not replace us!” by mobs of marchers supporting a Unite the Right rally. Except, perhaps for the marchers themselves, no… Read More ›