When I traverse my neighborhood, I see potential Republicans. I wonder if the Republican Party does.
It has been 30 years since Ronald Reagan walked off the American political stage; two decades since he was laid to rest in the lengthening shadows of Simi Valley’s “golden hour.” But with the coming August 30 release of the big budget biographical film Reagan, he will again spring to life, albeit on screen. Americans will […]
Despite excitement over Vice President Kamala Harris’s candidacy and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as running mate, integrity issues need clarification prior to the upcoming Democratic National Convention. If not, Virginia’s Democratic delegates to the DNC Convention who are concerned about their candidate’s contrarian historical actions may lose the support or minority and independent voters. But […]
I vividly recall the 2020 presidential campaign. Anytime I said anything that was not 100% supportive of Donald Trump or the Republican Party I was attacked with vicious comments, usually from people I don’t even know, alleging that I was a stupid, evil, RINO who was unfaithful to the GOP cause. My recourse was to […]
During the Boer War, Winston Churchill encountered danger as a wartime correspondent. He wrote this for the Daily Telegraph in 1898. “Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.” For a young ambitious man, such an experience was exhilarating. Yet this week, Americans were not exhilarated when an assassin’s bullet […]
When our Founding Fathers devised our Constitution in 1787, they sought to balance power between the Executive, the Congress, and the Judiciary. Each would have their duties. Each was a separate but equal partner in a federalist system between the States and the Federal Government. Yet in the years since our Republic was designed under […]
With total disclosure (As an independent voting Trump and Gov. Glenn Youngkin presidential and gubernatorial appointee), pre-debate polling showing President Joe Biden and former President Trump tied at 48%, was to the former president’s advantage. That advantage has grown due to the debate performance of a cognitively impaired 81-year-old senior citizen, more curmudgeon than Commander […]
What is at stake in 2024 aside from our sanity? If you are like me, you are just about fed up with all of the meaningless and exaggerated rhetoric that is bandied about with no regard for accuracy. Let’s consider a few phrases: Real (Fill-in-the-Blank) for Real People We often hear politicians declare with great […]
As with the dispute over RGGI, the bottom line is this issue will be back in front of the voters when a new governor and new House of Delegates are chosen in 2025.
While there has been much celebration at the passage of a new $188 billion biennial budget for Virginia, this deal would not have been possible had there not been close to $1.06 billion in higher-than-expected tax revenue ($1.2 billion by the end of the year) to cover the massive spending increases sought by the Democrats in the General Assembly. This […]
