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Is there a Koch connection to Gov. Robert F. McDonnell’s 31-member commission on government streamlining?The Kochs are brothers David H. and Charles who run Wichita-based Koch Industries, a petroleum-based conglomerate that is the second-largest privat…

Bob McDonnell led the Republican Party to its biggest win in Virginia history with a mandate to restore prosperity to Virginia. Today, he could lead both the Commonwealth and the party into the ditch.

Once again, an otherwise talented and attractive Republican officeholder proves the verity of Evans’ (as in “M. Stanton”) Law: “When our friends are in a position to be useful, they’re no longer our friends.”Today’s news provides word that the Governor…

While no doubt the pundits in Virginia will be watching Scott Rigell, Robert Hurt, Morgan Griffith, and Keith Fimain, another race to look at is the County Board race in Arlington. While voters in 2010 have important national issues in mind like health care and the economy, there are an abundance of local issues in [...]

Labor unions have a golden opportunity to advance in this century as the protector and servant of the American worker and his family.   The golden opportunity is all about gold.  It’s about preserving capital and making it work rightly.  As opposed to destroying capital following every failed socialist, class warfare folly of the past [...]

After a disastrous summer on the campaign trail, Rep. Tom Perriello may be helping the DCCC decide to divest from his campaign.

The September Issue of Virginia Politics on Demand takes a look at Education in Virginia. Education often is seen as a national issue, represented through a debate on whether the federal government has the right to set policy, and to what extent. Often lost is the role of the states in determining how best to [...]

Golden’s windmill charge is now not only folly, but damaging to good Republicans in other districts who did nothing to Golden or anyone else.

I’m pro-Union and anti-Union Boss.  I see the need for unions in the past and an important roles for unions in the future.  But, the Liberal and Socialist Uni0n leadership betrays workers as much as the so-called Civil Rights leadership has betrayed Blacks since the late 1960s.  You could almost say I was born into this attitude. [...]

Labor Day is a welcome long-weekend for many Virginians. But others are out of work. And with unemployment comes hunger. September is National Hunger Action Month. Find out how you can help a local foodbank feed the hungry in your community.