On August 21, 1831, Nat Turner and a group of other slaves rebelled against their slave owners and killed nearly 60 people while freeing fellow slaves in Southampton County, Virginia.
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This Day in Virginia History: 1831 Observations on Solar Phenomena
On August 20, 1831, Benjamin Hallowell composed a letter to be published later by the …
Northam Pledges To “Do Everything I Can” To Tear Down Lee and Jackson Monuments
Northam’s position on Confederate iconoclasm has seen his handlers go from full-throated enthusiasm to a very rapid backtracking over the last few days
A Lesson in Tolerance
To be “intolerant” is to commit the gravest social error, and will cause one to be excommunicated from the cathedrals of academia and politics.
Equivocation: A Primer
Being able to condemn extremism in whatever form it takes is not the practice of moral equivocation, but desperately needed moral consistency.
DISGUSTING: Northam Raises Money Off Of Charlottesville
At least now Virginians know that Northam is willing to bargain with just about anything to become governor.
League of Conservation Voters Gives Northam $1.1 Million; Hours Later McAuliffe Opposes Offshore Drilling?
…and so the For Sale sign goes up on the Governor’s Mansion. Or at the very least, its policies.
This Day in Virginia History: Louisa Confederate Monument Erected in 1905
On August 17, 1905, Louisa County held a ceremonious event unveiling its new “monument to the Confederate soldiers of the county, living and dead.”
Adams Receives Endorsement From Virginia Police Benevolent Association
Most significant? The Virginia PBA endorsed Herring over Cuccinelli in 2013 — a sea change in a Virginia environment supposedly leaning the Democrats way.
In Major Blow To Northam, Gillespie Earns Virginia Farm Bureau Endorsement
Embattled Democrat Ralph Northam continues to lose ground in the very constituencies that were supposed to make him a compelling candidate.