Today marks the 23rd anniversary of the death of my friend, Matthew Shepard. Matt and I went to college together in North Carolina, but he transferred to the University of Wyoming. In the pre-Facebook ...

In the wake of the assault on the Capitol on January 6, far-right media, social media, and Republican politicians are facing blowback from society and receiving much deserved blame. The consequences ...

At the end of the jury selection process in former President Donald Trump’s first criminal trial in New York City, Judge Juan Merchan proclaimed “We have our jury!” But the question remains: can Trump ...

From Governor Glenn Youngkin’s office…. Governor Glenn Youngkin invites Virginia wine lovers from across the Commonwealth and the U.S. to celebrate Virginia Wine Month. October signals the peak of ...

All throughout the 2009 gubernatorial campaign we heard nothing but “all of the above” regarding energy creation and “Virginia must become the East Coast energy leader” from then Republican candidates ...

Bernie Sanders might be the furthest thing from “a conservative,” but he might be right about the Republicans. Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader McConnell came together to pass a Covid Stimulus ...

According to the Constitution (remember that document?) Article 1 Section 8 gives the power to declare war to the Congress not the Executive Branch and with good reason. The decision to go to war ...

3:50 p.m. Well, it’s been great fun, but I think it’s time to go. Thanks to Chairman Cranwell, Executive Director Stoney and Danae Jones, communications director, for giving me the opportunity to be ...

It’s amazing what one vote in the Virginia Senate can do. After nearly three months of impasse and zero movement, the Virginia Senate last night finally passed a biennal budget that funds the ...

I know a lot of folks are rightfully upset at Bernie Madoff, who is now under house arrest in his fancy Upper East Side apartment, for swindling somewhere in the neighborhood of $50,000,000,000 over 2 ...

In 1908, Virginia legislators patted themselves on the back for “progressive” law #398, introduced by Henrico Delegate Throckmorton, titled “An Act to establish a permanent place in the State ...

Thanksgiving in Virginia offers a variety of opportunities to celebrate and give thanks around the Commonwealth. For those planning to spend Thanksgiving in the central Shenandoah Valley, the scenic ...