Fiscal calamity or humming along?
Perhaps this gets back to this item about the differences between conservative and liberal brains, but I can’t figure out Jerry Fuhrman’s latest post about Tim Kaine. First, Fuhrman blames Kaine for...
View ArticleSouthwest Virginia representatives will vote to end Medicare as we know it
All three congressional representatives from Southwest Virginia say they plan to vote for Rep. Paul Ryan’s ruinous, radical and immoral budget plan today. Are Virginians paying attention to what this...
View ArticleMcDonnell says only the Senate plan is partisan
Virginia’s Senate Democrats wisely tacked their redistricting map onto the bill for the House Republicans, which left Gov. Bob McDonnell with the choice of accepting both or rejecting both. To his...
View ArticleCuccinelli gets one exactly right
I don’t often agree with Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, but his advisory opinion about whether the state should be able to give money to nonprofit charities despite a constitutional...
View ArticleWhy, despite myself, I like Jerry Fuhrman’s blog
Jerry Fuhrman is, as much as he is known, best-known for his From On High blog. He is somewhat less known from a brief stint as a Roanoke Times columnist that I must claim credit for. Jerry and I have...
View ArticleWhy the mandate is constitutional
The luck of the draw wasn’t kind to Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli: The three-judge appellate panel randomly assigned by computer to hear the appeal of his suit challenging the...
View ArticleFranklin County needs a new sheriff
The horrific story of an off-duty Franklin County Sheriff’s deputy allegedly murdering his ex-wife turns out to be even more tragic: The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office received warning of the...
View ArticleGood riddance to the Glen Lyn plant
Word from AEP that it will most likely be shuttering its 90-plus year-old Glen Lyn plant is unequivocally good news. You wouldn’t know that by the reaction of some politicians, though, who complain...
View ArticleTaking on Goodlatte
During my tenure at The Roanoke Times, I saw several novice candidates step up to take on long-time congressional incumbents. All were enthusiastic. Most weren’t deluded about their real chances...
View ArticleTwo newspapers in one!
PolitiFact Virginia, an arm of the (usually) respected award-winning fact-checking organization, is run by the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Apparently, PolitiFact Virginia needs to spend some time reading,...
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