Category: General

Federal tax law: Republicans working on bill

Progress on the latest tax bill coming out of Congress is being reported. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Bill Thomas, R-California have been working to resolves issues between the bills coming out of the two chambers. Tops on the list is an extension of the 15% … Continue reading Federal tax law: Republicans working on bill →

Pilot adding bloggers

Starting Monday, the Virginian-Pilot will phase in four bloggers on pilotonline.com. The four will be The Road Warrior, John Warren, sports columnist Bob Molinaro, The Daily Break's Malcolm Venable, and Kerry Dougherty. So in preparation, Ms. Dougherty had a new photo done. The new photo is on the left. I swear it looks like a … Continue reading Pilot adding bloggers →

New blog feature: Recent postings from Virginia Political Blogs

On the right hand side of this blog, you will note a new feature: Recent postings from Virginia Political Blogs. Thanks to Waldo Judith, some 85 Virginia political blogs have been aggregated into a single website, Virginia Political Blogs. You can visit this site directly see current postings from all the included blogs at a … Continue reading New blog feature: Recent postings from Virginia Political Blogs →

Equal Pay Day: Wear red on 4/25

Tuesday, April 25 is Equal Pay Day and the National Organization for Women is urging everyone to wear red. The red represents the fact that when it comes to equal pay, women are still "in the red." Women, on average, earn 76 cents for every dollar that a man earns; the gap is greater for … Continue reading Equal Pay Day: Wear red on 4/25 →

NAACP to challenge IRS in Federal Court

Not sure how I missed this. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) announced today that it is taking steps to challenge in federal court the Internal Revenue Service's threat to revoke the NAACP's tax-exempt status because its Chairman, Julian Bond, criticized the Bush administration's policies in a speech in 2004. If … Continue reading NAACP to challenge IRS in Federal Court →

ODU Football: We’re getting closer!

I'll admit it. I'm a football fan. (Go Redskins!) It started when I was about 12, as a cheerleader for the local community football team, and continued thru high school, where I was first a member of the marching band and then drum major. I attended Hampton Institute (now Hampton University) my freshman year and … Continue reading ODU Football: We’re getting closer! →

Gilmore: “Not my fault”

Hilarious is how I'd describe the article in today's Pilot about former Governor Jim Gilmore's response to last week's charge by Norfolk Treasurer Tom Moss and Commissioner of the Revenue Sharon McDonald regarding the increase in personal property taxes the citizens of Norfolk will have to pay. Moss, the former speaker of the House of … Continue reading Gilmore: “Not my fault” →

Fun at UVA

I had the pleasure of speaking last evening at a student gathering at the University of Virginia. Hosted by Queer & Allied Activism, the meeting was also attended by members of Minority Squared and StudCo Diversity Initiatives. I was impressed with the activism that these students have taken on. A couple of them had been … Continue reading Fun at UVA →