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IN A HOUSE OF LIES by Ian Rankin: A Review
Review by Jim McCarthy This reviewer has previously admitted to an addiction to legal and police procedural fiction. Ian Rankin’s franchise of novels, taking place in Scotland and centering upon the irascible, unpredictable detective John Rebus, present a world of… Read More ›
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Right There in Black and White
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MEET A VIRGINIAN: Bessie Blount
VoxFairfax acknowledges the series Overlooked by The New York Times, which features the obituaries of remarkable women whose stories were not published at the time of their passing. Material from this article is from the March 27, 2019, edition. Bessie… Read More ›
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OTHER VOICES: Life After Prison in Virginia
Editors’ Note: Reprinted from the Roanoke Times edition of March 24, 2018. “Civil death,” an anachronism from ancient times, continues to hamper contemporary criminal justice progress and reintegration of ex-offenders into society. By Ronald Fraser With each criminal conviction the… Read More ›
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OTHER VOICES: Putting The Power In the Hands of the People In Local Communities, Where It Belongs
Editors’ Note: Cross-posted from Blue Virginia, April 4, 2019, with permission. By Brent Finnegan Brent Finnegan is running for the Democratic nomination in the House of Delegates, District 26 (Harrisonburg, Rockingham County). He currently serves on the Harrisonburg Planning Commission…. Read More ›
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Spring, and a Young Man’s Fancy Turns to Thoughts of . . .
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Bad Actors on Both Sides. . . .
If you thought this headline reflected the words of President Trump following Charlottesville, you guessed incorrectly. The statement is part of one made by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos in response to a question from Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL) during a… Read More ›
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OTHER VOICES: The $70,000-a-Year Minimum Wage
Editors’ Note: Excerpted from The New York Times, March 30, 2019. By Nicholas Kristof A small Seattle company shows that capitalism can have a heart. SEATTLE — Staff members gasped four years ago when Dan Price gathered the 120 employees at Gravity… Read More ›
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Medicaid Work Requirements Blocked in Two States by the Deep State
At a recent rally in Michigan, the President railed against efforts by the “deep state” to overthrow the 2016 election results as he claimed vindication following publication of the Mueller report. As VoxFairfax has previously reported, the administration’s frustrations with… Read More ›
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Let’s Not Kill All the Lawyers
Dick the butcher loudly proclaims to his fellow conspirators: The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers [Henry VI, Part 2, Act 4, Scene 2]. At the close of the 1800s, the Industrial Revolution was taking the lives… Read More ›