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Among those who believe that Labor Day is really — or should be — “Organized Labor Day,” I found this little gem in today’s E.J. Dionne column in the WaPo:The union movement has always been attached to a set of values — solidarity being the most …

Peter posted a very good Labor Day statement concerning The Wealth Gap and here is another transect through that same frightening territory.The current administration is proposing a $100 Billion tax break for Enterprise R&D.There are four BIG problems …

In “Matewan,” the 1987 film about organizing West Virginia coal miners, union activist Joe Keenehan, played by Chris Cooper, tells a group of dubious miners: “There’s two types of people. Them that work and them that don’t. You work. They don’t.” With …

Advice conservatives can only hope is taken by Democratic candidates from former part-time Virginia governor now full-time Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine: Kaine has a message for Democrats trying to run from President Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi or Harry Reid: Don’t be foolish. “If you run away from who you are and you’re a [...]

The Richmond Times-Dispatch previewed both the 2nd and 5th Congressional races recently saying the 2nd has much to do with military voting and the closure of Joint Forced Command (JFCOM) and the 5th is about “voter anxiety”. In the 2nd, RTD points to military voting as part of the problem for Nye, but likely hits [...]

My latest column from the Washington Times:The big three credit-rating agencies that totally missed the meltdown of the subprime mortgage market – Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s and Fitch – still give the United States a AAA credit rating. But there’s …

My latest column from the Washington Times:The big three credit-rating agencies that totally missed the meltdown of the subprime mortgage market – Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s and Fitch – still give the United States a AAA credit rating. But there’s …

SurveyUSA’s most recent poll of the 9th District race shows Morgan Griffith has the momentum, but will it be enough to propel him to victory in November?

Over at The Hook, editor Hawes Spencer has been writing about the latest in the slow-motion collapse of the whole Landmark Hotel / Halsey Minor / Lee Danielson thing, with the news of the moment being the Chapter 11 filing by Minor Family Hotels LLC. Within that piece, Spencer mentions that Minor started threatening The [...]

The city school system is thinking about shutting down Walker Elementary or Buford Middle, Rachana Dixit wrote in yesterday’s Progress. Walker serves solely fifth- and sixth-grade students, while Buford serves seventh- and eighth-grade students. By consolidating them—probably at Buford—the city could save up to $700k/year in salaries…but it would require $21M in capital costs. From the [...]