From The Virginian-Pilot: Every year, the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission, a state watchdog agency, puts out a report comparing the Old Dominion to the rest of the nation on a wide variety of measures. The 2013 edition is out, and it provides relevant background for some of the major debates of this year's … Continue reading How does Virginia stack up?
Audience Urged to Bring Smart Phones to Next Virginia Beach Forum Event…and Use Them March 13 Political Talk Show Will Feature Larry Sabato, Other Noted State and Local Pundits, and Comments Tweeted In From the “Peanut Gallery” When the final Virginia Beach Forum event of the 2013 season begins at 7:30 pm on March 13 … Continue reading Save the date: March 13 live political talk
Rep. Robert Hurt statement on the budget (his website) I will show what Hurt wrote in his release today, then, in bold italics, I will provide my translation of what he said. Of course, all opinions are mine. The Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 requires that the President submit a budget to Congress no … Continue reading Robert Hurt, Translated
Tax filing season started today, its latest start ever. The delay was due to Congress' inability to pass legislation in a timely manner. Even with the late start, some taxpayers are not yet able to file. The IRS will begin accepting tax returns from people claiming education credits in mid-February while taxpayers claiming depreciation deductions, … Continue reading Tax return filing season starts today
A new super PAC supporting Hillary Clinton for President has been launched. I saw the documents when they first showed up on Twitter a few days ago. Immediately, the name of the chair jumped out at me: Allida Black. We both served on Hillary's Virginia steering committee, and were delegates for her in Denver. I'm … Continue reading “Ready for Hillary PAC” launched
A proposed regulation by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Transportation Safety Board (NHTSB) would require all cars to be fitted with a event data recorders (EDR). Here is the proposed legislation . These are similar to the little black boxes in planes. They record certain data when a wreck occurs. Examples include how fast … Continue reading Little Black Box In Your Car
I participated in a panel discussion last night entitled "The State of the Dream," a reference to the now famous "I Have A Dream" speech of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The event, held on the campus of Old Dominion University, was sponsored by the Virginia Beach chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority … Continue reading The State of the Dream
I have mentioned before about the documentaries the Naro shows on Wednesdays. They usually are followed up by a speaker from the area of the film who talks and answers questions. Sometimes, like last night, they are about things I know quite a bit about, but sometimes they are topics I know nothing about. However, … Continue reading Chasing Ice
Columnist George Will appeared at the Norfolk Forum Tuesday night. I was there. And no, I didn't have much fun. Will is a decent speaker, although he sounded like he had a cold. He started out with some fairly general themes that most could agree on. As time went on, though, he couldn't help himself … Continue reading George Will at Norfolk Forum
Many people do not know who the abolitionists were or what they did. They were a small group of people who were determined to eliminate slavery from the United States. PBS is presenting a 3 part mini series starting tonight based on two of them: Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison. These two men came … Continue reading The few that changed all our lives.- The Abolitionist
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