Author: Vivian J. Paige

A former candidate, I've learned a lot about politics, both good and bad. I'd prefer more of the former and a lot less of the latter and I'm trying to do my part!

Disgraceful: followup

An alert reader, MB, points out that the disgraceful behavior of Maryland Republican candidates will go unpunished: The Justice Department says it won't investigate misleading fliers that Republicans distributed in Maryland on Election Day. [...] Acting Assistant Attorney General James Clinger says there's not enough legal basis to support such an investigation. And you wonder … Continue reading Disgraceful: followup →

The Pulpit Speaks: January 26, 1957

An article written by my father, the Rev. C. Thomas Paige, as it appeared in the Tri-State Defender on the date shown. Every now and then it falls my task to go past a place that calls for much thinking on my part. On one of the prominent streets of this city you will find … Continue reading The Pulpit Speaks: January 26, 1957 →

Email down

My email server went down yesterday around noon and is still not back up yet. So, if you emailed me and haven't gotten a response, now you know why 😦 I'll post when it's back up. Off to the forum on redistricting 😉

LWV: Forum on Redistricting and Reapportionment

Tomorrow, November 18, the League of Women Voters of South Hampton Roads will hold a forum on the subject of redistricting and reapportionment. The forum will feature Senator Yvonne Miller Dr. Rudolph Wilson from NSU Political Science Department and will be held from 9:00am to 10:15am at Virginia Wesleyan College, Boyd East. The forum is … Continue reading LWV: Forum on Redistricting and Reapportionment →

Election winners and losers

Lots of lists of winners and losers in the election are showing up in various places. The latest list comes from Michael Shear at the Washington Post. Among his winners is Delegate Donald McEachin: The black Democratic delegate from Richmond supported Webb in the primary, when none of his African American political colleagues did. Included … Continue reading Election winners and losers →

The new Democratic leadership

Thursday, the Democrats elected new leadership for the 110th Congress, which begins in January. As expected, Nancy Pelosi was elected Speaker, becoming the first woman in history to hold that office. After a somewhat contentious battle, Steny Hoyer was elected Majority Leader. Pelosi, in my opinion, used up a bit of her political capital in … Continue reading The new Democratic leadership →

A couple of comments on Economics

First, somehow I missed that yesterday, Milton Friedman died. Friedman won the Nobel Prize for economics in 1976. His ideas of monetarism were in contrast to those of John Maynard Keynes. These were the two dominant economists that I studied (in the dark ages) of college. He [Friedman] said government should allow the free market … Continue reading A couple of comments on Economics →

HB619: Repeal predatory lending

I received the following via email tonight: On Tuesday, December 5th, the Virginia House Commerce and Labor Committee will vote on HB 619, a bill sponsored by Delegate John O'Bannon that would repeal the Payday Loan Act of 2002. It's important that this bill be approved and sent to the House floor when the Legislature … Continue reading HB619: Repeal predatory lending →

HR550: Paper trail

If they can give you a slip of paper verifying an electronic transaction from an ATM machine, then they can give you a piece of paper verifying your vote. This isn't rocket science, folks. Putting paper trails on electronic voting machines is a no-brainer to me. Just take a look at what's going on in … Continue reading HR550: Paper trail →