November 07, 2009
Fort Hood: Routine
Hannah Arendt wrote of the banality of evil. Good God almighty, mass murder threatens to become routine. The initial dispatches from Fort Hood were as...
Weekly Review
No one seems to have followed our advice. Although we warned that the temptation is to read too much into elections rather than too little, national experts...
Health Care: Where Are They?
The other day a reporter asked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi about where the Constitution grants Congress the power to require Americans to buy health insurance....
November 06, 2009
Showtime!
New York’s 23rd Congressional District borders on Canada. It has elected Republicans since the times of the late Rutherford B. Hayes and has attracted...
Taxing Questions
Among the vast array of mandates, taxes, fees, and directives in Nancy Pelosi’s health-care bill is a 2.5-percent tax on the makers of medical devices....
Lodging Beefs
Two national groups have weighed in on the contentious question of a new hotel at Fort Lee. The National Restaurant Association and the American Hotel...
November 05, 2009
Videotorial: Pelosi’s Folly
The House Speaker’s health-care bill is a bureaucratic monstrosity.
Snack Attack
Nancy Pelosi’s gargantuan health care bill—it includes 111 new boards, commissions, bureaucracies, and programs—has not overlooked the...
Parks in Drive
Richmond government has taken a lot of hits for poor management (and less savory characteristics). So it’s worth highlighting one of the city’s...
Coloring Book
Bob McDonnell won nine of the state’s 11 congressional districts; only the 3rd and the 8th went for Creigh Deeds, and they are Democratic bastions....
November 04, 2009
McDonnell Wins: Message Politics
One word applies to yesterday’s election in numerous ways: message. Bob McDonnell stuck with his; Creigh Deeds did not have one; the results send...
November 03, 2009
The Departed
The human interest stories on National Public Radio’s Morning Edition remain unsurpassed in broadcast journalism. The episodes inform and delight,...
Grotesque
There is poetic irony in the fact that Congress will be debating Nancy Pelosi’s hyperstatist vision of health care in America while Germany celebrates...
November 02, 2009
What’s Your Plan?
GOP opposition to Democratic health care proposals, says a recent news account, exposes Republicans to the charge that they are “political obstructionists...
GOP Challenges
Although tomorrow may prove a banner day for Republicans, the GOP still confronts long-term challenges. Trends do not look good. Follow us: In 1980, Ronald...
November 01, 2009
Readership: Food for Thought
The trials and tribulations of the newspaper industry have been well documented—typically by print journalism itself. Other mediums have been less...
2009 Election: Traditional Value
In what is certainly one of the oldest traditions in the Western Hemisphere, Virginians will go to the polls on Tuesday to elect their leaders. Not everyone...
October 31, 2009
Week in Review
WEEK’S END This week Chesterfield let die a proposal for rental-property inspections. The idea—which would have allowed county officials to...
Election 2009: Post It
An endorsement from The Washington Post played a crucial role in Creigh Deeds’ victory in the Democratic primary. Many observers say it played the...
October 30, 2009
Ticked Off
Last night Virginia Tech’s Hokies played North Carolina’s Tar Heels. Thursday kickoffs at Tech and other schools tick off various professors...
Extra, Extra
The news is in the news. This week The Times-Dispatch’s Wes Hester reported that two student journalists at James Madison University face school...
Evil Empire
Here’s a thought experiment: Find an empty room and go sit in it for an hour. While doing so, try to imagine not coming out for the next 10 years—while...
October 29, 2009
Don’t Seek
The Virginia Chamber of Commerce’s 2009 Conference on Virginia’s Future heard a ringing defense of free markets. Publisher Tom Silvestri described...
Obama in Norfolk
Last year Barack Obama became the first Democratic presidential candidate to carry Virginia since Lyndon Johnson won the state in 1964. On Tuesday, he...
The Night Game
The World Series was slated to start last night. On paper, the New York Yankees and the Philadelphia Phillies offer a compelling match-up. Both teams have...
October 28, 2009
Election 2009: Down Ticket
Candidates for lieutenant governor and attorney general struggle for attention in a scene dominated by the gubernatorial race. The down-ticket nominees...
October 27, 2009
Knock, Knock
The ACLU is rightfully skeptical of a plan by Chesterfield to begin a rental-inspection program of single-family homes. The program seems needlessly intrusive—and...
Hannity’s Spin: Even He
The other day Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) criticized the Obama administration’s reliance on “czars.“ Sean Hannity seemed to consider...
What’s the Charge?
Virginians with health insurance who review their statements often look at the bottom line and ask, “How much?“ The fact that they ask that...
October 26, 2009
Election 2009: For the House
Central Virginia covers about 15 districts in the House of Delegates. Over the years, few have proved competitive. Republicans and Democrats enjoy electoral...
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