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VA Confederate Statues to Receive Company
Editors’ Note: Reposted from the September 27, 2019, New York Times. By Reggie Ugwu He looks like a man lost in time, uprooted, with the horse he rode in on, from a previous century, perhaps, or was it a future one? In… Read More ›
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Whistling Dixie The Virginia Way
By Frank Blechman Maybe our inclination as Virginians to deceive ourselves goes all the way back to the beginning. The very first settlers at Jamestown were not (to borrow a phrase from the 20th century) the “best and the brightest.”… Read More ›
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Virtuous Corporation: Oxymoron?
Editors’ Note: Most would agree that, contrary to Mitt Romney, corporations are not people. At the same time, however, businesses are vital actors in society with responsibility to more than shareholders and investors. Workers, communities, and the environment are essential… Read More ›
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Aristotle: Politics Is the Master Art
By Frank Blechman Here’s a shocking thought for you: Government policy has never been determined entirely by facts or science. Policy, made by people within a political system, has always been made with a heavy dose of politics. Sometimes those… Read More ›
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Who Needs Ethics? The Commonwealth Has the Virginia Way
In early September, the Center for Integrity, a DC-based not-for-profit that advocates for transparency and ethics in the private and government sectors, presented its annual ranking of the nation’s 50 states with respect to ethical standards and enforcement. The rating… Read More ›
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Elizabeth A. Gloucester, Richmond Native
She ran boardinghouses whose lodgers included members of New York’s elite, raised money for an orphan asylum at the center of Civil War riots in New York City, and was active in the abolitionists’ cause as an ally of John… Read More ›
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Apprentice Canned
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Will Corporations Act for the Common Good?
Born in New York City, a product of the Great Depression, Milton Friedman promoted economic theories that powered a substantial swath of the nation’s public policies in business development from the 1950s forward. His postulation has defined the behavior… Read More ›
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What Does a State Look Like?
The Constitution of the United States does not define a state or describe its characteristics for purposes of admission to the union. The District of Columbia appears in Article I of the Constitution as part of a listing of enumerated congressional… Read More ›
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Redleaf, Redface