Senator Jim Webb, Virginia’s senior senator, wrote an op-ed piece of the Harrisonburg Daily News-Record in which he says he is undecided (see here) on which way he will vote when it comes time for the final, up or down, yea … Read more>

Annotations & Elucidations

The Snowbound Edition

We have lots of material built up from the last two days, plus Governor Tim Kaine’s shocking income tax increase and budget proposals earlier today that, as one radio reporter said, caused an audible … Read more>

Annotations & Elucidations 

Dems Abandoning Deeds? Surprisingly Close House Race?

Articles of note in today’s large News Stand: At the top of the News section, as well as at the top of the National News section, are articles in which leading national … Read more>

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Grades Are Good When Grading Yourself

In the queue today is the governor. According to the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, he’s grading himself on handling the disastrous budget problems, kind of like how some candidates this past spring, … Read more>

In an unusual move, Delegate Chris Saxman (R-20, Staunton) today announced he would not seek re-election this November, despite being in the middle of a campaign as the GOP nominee (see Harrisonburg Daily News-Record). The fact that Saxman, 43, … Read more>

Happy New Year! You’re asking, “What?” Today, my friends, is Virginia’s New Year’s Day, when the budget for the fiscal year and new laws take effect.

Many headlines, predictably, are about the news laws. Not only are many of … Read more>

Here’s the get-you-ready-for-the-weekend version of the News Stand. The Times, the Times and the Times-Dispatch explore the strategies in the waning days of the Democrat gubernatorial primary: The Virginia Dems are going after each other real hard, but hard … Read more>

It’s a somewhat light day at the News Stand. One item of note is that a challenger has emerged against the incumbent in the 15th House district, according to the Harrisonburg Daily News-Record. Why mention only “incumbent”? Because that’s all the … Read more>

As you can imagine, it’s all about tea, again today. The Commonwealth was awash in Tea Parties and the coverage is below. As for that other party yesterday, where they eat the bony fish in the woods, we’ve got that … Read more>

It’s Monday and that means catching up with all the papers from the weekend which means a large News Stand today. Here’s a breakdown: Governor’s race, Jeff Frederick out as RPV chairman, Governor’s race, Jeff Frederick out as RPV chairman, Governor’s race, … Read more>