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Last week’s guest spot on Coy Barefoot’s WINA-AM radio show was so successful that I have been invited back to do the show again tomorrow (Thursday), September 2, during the 4:30 to 5:00 p.m. segment. One way to measure success on talk radio is by cou…

Forgive the preening, but sometimes bloggers can be ahead of the curve in covering an important story. In this particular case, my prescience was not displayed on my blog (what you’re reading now) but on my Examiner.com page. Sunday’s Washington Post…

Disturbed by reports in the Washington Post and repeated by Josh Eboch on the Tertium Quids blog that Governor Bob McDonnell’s plan to privatize the state-owned liquor monopoly could include selling the whole system to a single high bidder, I decided t…

On Tuesday afternoon, August 24, I will be a guest on Coy Barefoot’s drive-time radio program on WINA (1070 AM), “Charlottesville Right Now.” During the segment from 4:30 to 5:00 p.m., Coy and I will discuss the 2010 election campaigns, primarily in V…

Yesterday the Senior Statesmen of Virginia sponsored a candidates’ forum for those seeking to represent Virginia’s Fifth Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. All three candidates who qualified for the ballot were invited to par…

Nearly 15 years ago, syndicated columnist Deroy Murdock wrote an article that appeared in the Washington Times (February 26, 1996; not available on the Web) with the headline, “Prohibition, alive in Virginia.” Murdock focused particularly on a then-pe…

On Friday night I went to the Albemarle County Fair.  The weather was near-perfect — pleasant temperatures, low humidity, and no rain or wind to dampen the festivities. I caught some of the fair’s atmosphere on video.  Enjoy! If you see y…

If you need evidence that the Tea Party movement is made up of grassroots, neophyte activists, look no further than this email invitation sent out on Friday by the Jefferson Area Tea Party, which is based in the Charlottesville area. If the amateuris…

In Sunday’s Las Vegas Sun, Anjeanette Damon suggests that “None of the Above” might be the favored option of Nevada voters faced with the choice of Harry Reid and Sharron Angle on the ballot this November. Damon explains: Senate Majority Leader Harry …

A few months ago, the Wauwatosa Historical Society put out a call for reminiscences of the Wauwatosa fire department.  The idea was to collect memories and memorabilia to put into a time capsule that will be embedded in the new fire department hea…