The Virginian-Pilot today has a front page profile of Sen. Mark Warner and how he is learning to navigate the waters in Washington. A 59-year-old former governor who made a personal fortune in the cellphone industry before entering politics, Warner has a self-admitted reputation as a hyperkinetic, take-charge executive. Since being elected to the Senate … Continue reading VP: Warner profile
My latest op-ed, title above, appeared in The Virginian-Pilot Thursday. It's been a while since I wrote anything about Norfolk, but the way they are handling the appointment for Ward 3 required it. There is no reason for council to have waited this long to put in place the process for selecting a replacement - … Continue reading ICYMI: Openness takes a holiday
When I bought my first house 30 years ago, I sold my trombone to buy something for my new home: a waterbed. Believe it or not, all these years later, I still have the waterbed 🙂 But I've missed my trombone, a silver King 3B with an F attachment that my mother bought me when … Continue reading #tbt Music: a constant
The Washington Post is reporting that Republican Mark Obenshain will the attorney general's race to Democrat Mark Herring this afternoon. A news conference is set for 3pm. The lead in the race, which was certified at 165 for Herring on November 25, has grown as the recount has continued. A Herring win puts Democrats in … Continue reading UPDATE: Confirmed Obenshain to concede
The recount in Virginia's Attorney General election started yesterday in three locations - Fairfax County, Chesapeake and Alexandria - with the rest of the state to start today. No numbers from Chesapeake or Alexandria but from Fairfax: https://twitter.com/BrianSchoeneman/status/412768101663780864 https://twitter.com/BrianSchoeneman/status/412774625777819648 The recount is expected to last through Wednesday, with the court hearing ballot challenges Wednesday and … Continue reading Recount update
My latest op-ed, title above, appeared in The Virginian-Pilot last Thursday. The earlier article to which I refer is here. That the Virginia SOLs are just now starting to include critical thinking in the curriculum is simply mind-boggling. Not that I haven't witnessed a lack of those skills, because I have. This obsession with memorization/regurgitation … Continue reading ICYMI: Virginia schools should look southward
6th Senate district Republican candidate Wayne Coleman raised some eyebrows with his comments on John Frederick's radio show this week. I'm old enough to have lived during the desegregation of the schools here locally. And busing children, in my opinion, around the different districts, getting them out of their local neighborhoods, really was the beginning … Continue reading Coleman on desegregation
I haven't seen or heard them myself yet but both candidates in the 6th are on the air, according to The Virginian-Pilot's Julian Walker. Here's Lewis' ad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocAl9Kt5TzY Here's Coleman's ad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4xAZbmMC6c A longer version of the Coleman ad is running on the radio. The 6th Senate special election will be held January 7, 2014.
With the resignation of LG-elect Ralph Northam set for noon on January 11, Governor Bob McDonnell announced that the special election for the 6th Senate district will be held January 7. Democrat Lynwood Lewis will face Republican Wayne Coleman in the contest. While the turnout for special elections is always different from those of general … Continue reading E-Day in the 6th: Jan. 7
My latest op-ed, title above, appeared in The Virginian-Pilot Thursday. It is the first of several columns that I have planned on Virginia's lack of a university system for its four-year public universities. The topic has interested me for a couple of years, after having been brought to my attention by one of the regular … Continue reading ICYMI: University system has lost its way
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