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Be Very, Very Careful What You Wish For
Anti-abortion advocates tend to favor personhood laws, in particular a constitutional amendment, declaring the existence of a person at the moment of conception with the rights of a person to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Should such legislation… Read More ›
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Virginia Schools Don’t Need a Bible Study Course
In our driving and walking experience, most four-way intersections have a number of stop or caution signs. Unfortunately, the same is not true when politics, religion, education, and legislation intersect. At least once a week, a law enforcement character in… Read More ›
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HONORABLE GRIEF
It hurts. It’s like finding out that your favorite uncle spent years in prison before you were born. We worked for Ralph Northam: we canvassed for him, we voted for him, we contributed to his campaigns. We knew him personally. … Read More ›
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Populist Opportunity for the Commonwealth
Virginia is rightfully proud to be celebrating 400 years of self-governance and its contributions to democratic governance in the United States. The House of Delegates is considering HB2422, patroned by Dels. Mark Levine, Marcus Simon, and Kaye Kory, which would… Read More ›
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Racial Sensitivity Help: 5 Cents
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OTHER VOICES: Ominous New York Gun Case
Editors’ Note: Reprinted from The New York Times, January 30, 2019. An obscure New York City gun case could tempt the justices to make broad pronouncements about a right they haven’t addressed in a decade. Is there a more enigmatic… Read More ›
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YOU MUST REMEMBER THIS . . .
February 10, 1967: The 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, clarifying the procedures for presidential succession in the event of the disability of a sitting president.
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THE RECKONING by John Grisham: A Review
Review by Jim McCarthy After a blockbuster start with A Time to Kill in 1981, followed by a dozen equally captivating legal dramas and thrillers, John Grisham’s works beginning in the early 2000s began to stumble. The Reckoning seemed an… Read More ›
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Predatory Lending Rampant in Virginia
Editors’ Note: This article is excerpted from Dick Saslaw’s Predatory Lender Problem–and Ours by kindler in Blue Virginia, January 14, 2019. Posted with permission. “’It’s not predatory,’ says Senate Democratic Leader Dick Saslaw, who has taken about $37,000 from TitleMax in the… Read More ›
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RUSSIAN ROULETTE by Michael Isikoff and David Corn: Review
Review by Jim McCarthy Any who have followed the byzantine architecture that constitutes the Trump-Putin relationship and the Russian meddling in our 2016 presidential election will find little new facts in this narrative by two seasoned polemicists. Russian Roulette is likely… Read More ›