Fool me once? Shame on you. Fool me 56 times?

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me, goes the old saw. What about 56 times? You’d have to ask the Virginia Parole Board about that. Because that’s what happened to them earlier this year when they released a felon with 56 previous convictions That’s exactly what happened to the Virginia […]

Afghanistan: What do we tell those who served?

With the omnipresent horror on TV and social media, It’s impossible to not think about Afghanistan these days. Twenty years, thousands of lives, and trillions of dollars were poured into the region, and yet now we’re back to where we started. Watching the poorly planned and hasty withdrawal of U.S. forces and the ensuing aftermath […]

Ralph Northam Meets Winston Smith

“O cruel, needless misunderstanding! O stubborn, self-willed exile from the loving breast! Two gin-scented tears trickled down the sides of his nose. But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother.” — George Orwell, 1984 Much has been made in […]

Preview: The Parole Board Whitewash

It’s early June, so much of official Richmond has been focused on nomination contests. But there’s another major event lurking just over the horizon that could do just as much to shape the outcome of November — the Parole Board investigation. Authorized earlier this year by a budget amendment, the Democratic-leaning law firm Nixon Peabody […]