Conservatives Without Conscience: Chapter 3

Chapter 3 of John Dean's book is entitled "Authoritarian Conservatism." Dean says that authoritarian conservatism has been around since America was founded, and our founding fathers were concerned about the vulnerability of a republic: ... they knew that "many republics in history, such as the Roman republic, had been replaced by despots," political scientist Jay … Continue reading Conservatives Without Conscience: Chapter 3 →

Behind the candidate: Jarding & Wadhams

From the Daily Press: "It is a shame that politics has degenerated to the point where the consultants and the spokespersons end up being quoted in all the stories," he [Larry Sabato] said. "You almost never hear from the candidates. It gives them plausible deniability if one of their aides says something that doesn't go … Continue reading Behind the candidate: Jarding & Wadhams →

The Pulpit Speaks: August 25, 1956

An article written by my father, the Rev. C. Thomas Paige, as it appeared in the Tri-State Defender on the date shown. Some years ago, a prominent American said "I'd rather be right than president." To me, this is a repetition of the great requests made by David of old. On any number of occasions, … Continue reading The Pulpit Speaks: August 25, 1956 →

Retail Alliance: Commonwealth Coalition partner

The front page of the Virginian-Pilot today contained a story about the business groups opposing the Marshall Newman amendment. Featured is Retail Alliance, located in Norfolk. Opponents of the amendment, which is on the ballot Nov. 7, say it could hamper businesses' ability to recruit and retain gay workers, and they worry that it could … Continue reading Retail Alliance: Commonwealth Coalition partner →

More to the Outrage story

I've been following the comments posted in the original story I posted yesterday about the Alabama Democrats overturning the election of Patricia Todd. As always, there is more to this story. From what I can determine, the district is a majority black one and person who presented the challenge was black. And the people making … Continue reading More to the Outrage story →

Ford: Union to discuss buyouts

More news on the Norfolk Ford plant from PilotOnline: In a memo distributed to workers today, Local 919 chairman Ed Hay told employees he didn't have information but "speculation leads me to believe that in the near future it will be announced that we will lose a shift permanently and the plant will idle sooner" … Continue reading Ford: Union to discuss buyouts →

Cat’s out of the bag :)

Those of you on the AG's media advisory email list probably already saw this but for those that didn't: COMMONWEALTH of VIRGINIA Office of the Attorney General Richmond 23219 Robert F. McDonnell Attorney General 900 East Main Street Richmond, Virginia 23219 804-786-2071 804-371-8947 TDD For Release: August 25, 2006 [big snip about the Blogs United … Continue reading Cat’s out of the bag ðŸ™‚ →

Outrage

The Democratic Party is supposed to be the big tent party. All are welcome, we say. Or maybe not. Election of Alabama lesbian overturned by committee by PageOneQ The Democratic primary victory of Alabama lesbian Patricia Todd for a seat in the statehouse was overturned by a party committee tonight. The committee vote was 5-0. … Continue reading Outrage →