My latest op-ed, title above, appeared in The Virginian-PIlot Thursday. I was reading part 2 of the CNU poll (pdf), which was released Wednesday morning, which included this graph. How often do 70% of us agree on anything? My first reaction was: wow. If the majority agrees, why do we keep electing folks that don't look … Continue reading ICYMI: Partisanship ahead of the public good?
With just 26 days remaining before Election Day, another poll shows Democrat Terry McAuliffe leading Republican Ken Cuccinelli. But that's not what caught my eye. Really? 21% of likely voters haven't heard enough about Governor Bob McDonnell to form an opinion of him? They are planning to vote? But it gets worse. The majority of … Continue reading Really, likely voters?
Pilot editorial writer Shawn Day had a blistering column in today's paper about the candidates that are being interviewed for the paper's endorsements. Several House candidates, when asked their views on certain issues, have told me and other members of The Pilot's Editorial Board that they lacked information to offer an informed opinion. These aren't … Continue reading Day: A parade of ill-prepared candidates
Completely forgot to include this in the list the earlier post. But this one is worth a post of its own. Want to know how we got here? Read this.
A few things I ran across: The third choice for governor - Pilot editorial board editor Donald Luzzatto hits the nail on the head with this one. I met with Sarvis a while back and have been trying to write an article about him but couldn't quite pull it off. Luzzatto captures very well the … Continue reading Quick hits 10/7/13
My latest op-ed, title above, appeared in The Virginian-Pilot Thursday. For the first time in years, I missed the presentation of the State of the Region Report. (Yes work gets in the way of my having fun 😦 ) But I did read through it (available here). As always, lots of information in there. What … Continue reading ICYMI: Competing againt ourselves
A little bit of both for me 😦 https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=sx2scvIFGjE Remember - these folks are voters, too.
I stayed up for a while last night to watch some ping pong - bills being passed by the House only to be rejected by the Senate. I didn't last long - because it was obvious this was going nowhere. The shutdown of the federal government was on. It sounded like there was a deal … Continue reading Oct 1, 2013
My latest op-ed, title above, appeared in The Virginian-Pilot last Thursday. The title refers to a part of Article I, Section 16 of the Virginia constitution, which Republican LG candidate E. W. Jackson read from his iPad during last week's debate. ... all men shall be free to profess and by argument to maintain their … Continue reading ICYMI: E.W. Jackson’s civil capacities
In case you missed Tuesday evening's debate, here is the video in its entirety, with the exception of the first few minutes.
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