Talk about where politics, issues, culture and values intersect — actually where they do not intersect — and the vacuous thinking that separates them in the minds of some in elected office. A case in point is 3rd District U.S. … Read more>

So, too, apparently, House Speaker Bill Howell.

The attorney general within the hour, issued the statement below. He knows what’s right and just — or at least a good issue. Regardless, good for him for coming out against his party’s … Read more>

Aside from the disrespectful nature of Sen. Norment’s on-air outburst toward one of Virginia’s best know radio newsmen, serious philosophical questions remain. The outburst was only a spotlight on a government arrogance that’s permeated all levels and all branches for … Read more>

WRVA’s new afternoon talk show host Doc Thompson hasn’t been in Virginia but a few weeks, but already he’s fed up with the arrogance of Virginia’s elected officials. After hearing Sen. Tommy Norment belittle Jimmy Barrett for asking him a … Read more>

Who heard “Richmond’s Morning News With Jimmy Barrett” on 1140-AM/WRVA just a little while ago?

There was an odd moment, but a teachable one, as they say.

The normally genial Jimmy Barrett interviewed incoming Republican Senate Leader Tommy Norment (R-3, … Read more>

Could the mountainous land of coalfields and farms of the great Southwest become the land of Israel? Native son Israel O’Quinn, that is.

The former Republican Party of Virginia political director and campaign operative for U.S. Senator John Warner, President … Read more>

Tonight begins Hanukkah, the festival of lights. It commemorates the re-dedication of the Temple of Jerusalem by Judas Maccabee in 165 B.C. after a period of oppressive rule by the king of Syria, Antiochus IV. He had forced … Read more>

The Richmond Times-Dispatch today published an op-ed from Family Foundation President (and Style Weekly Top 40 Under 40 Award Winner) Victoria Cobb (actually, she’s under 30!) on Governor Tim Kaine’s decision to eliminate abstinence education funding from the state budget.

Also … Read more>

No sooner had the ink dry from all the bad press, did the Republican Party of Virginia repeal its requirement of a loyalty oath from all voters who participate in its February 12 presidential primary to vote for the GOP’s … Read more>

The recent stem cell discovery by Wisconsin and Japanese scientists of techniques that produce virtual embryonic stem cells from skin cells — thereby eliminating the need to harvest and destroy human embryos to achieve any possible cures from embryonic stem cell research … Read more>