Friday, we mentioned the stirring rendition of The Battle Hymn of the Republic performed by the U.S. Army Chorus at Wednesday’s White House reception for Pope Benedict XVI — at 13,000 in attendance, the largest White House welcome in history.

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The General Assembly is back in town today for its one day “veto session.” They will review amendments to bills, particularly the budget, made by Governor Tim Kaine, and respond to his vetoes. 

Fittingly, it is cloudy in Richmond today. As … Read more>

Yesterday was an interesting day because the source of both our troubles and our ebullience were the same: Blogs!

We came out ahead.

First, we had this ongoing problem of comments getting blocked. Good for keeping the hundreds of spams … Read more>

Once again our friend Bart Hinkle over at the Richmond Times Dispatch is opining (whining?) about the fact that Virginians still believe that marriage ought to be between a man and a woman, and that kids really should, if at … Read more>

Imbecile Bill Maher went on his most recent HBO show and offered what the media are calling an “apology” in the face of the mounting storm he’s facing about his bigoted, anti-Catholic comments. Far from it. He admitted to being wrong on … Read more>

Within the last half-hour or so, we were able to remedy the problem that all of a sudden late last Thursday, prohibited people from posting comments. Hopefully, we’re through for a while with all the ghosts in our machine. Funny, … Read more>

If you did not hear the Army Choir’s performance of The Battle Hymn of the Republic Wednesday at the White House welcoming ceremony for Pope Benedict XVI, you will do yourself an immense favor by finding it somewhere and having … Read more>

Although these problems remain out of our control, we deeply apologize for more recent technical problems including, since yesterday, an inability to post comments. Although we can still make posts, readers, for some reason, are being blocked from posting comments. … Read more>

The word is from Fox News this morning that Bill Maher is going to offer an apology for his tirade of vile and lies against the Catholic Church and the Pope. It’s not that it’s too late. It’s simply not … Read more>

They were dropping out left and right: Delegate Robb Bell (R-58, Albermarle), Richmond lawyer and 2005 GOP nomination contestant Steve Baril and Senator Mark Obenshain (R-26, Harrisonburg) all within the last week or so have declined to seek the … Read more>