There’s a lot of talk right now (as there always is) about moral values in the public square. There are those who think it’s not “polite” to mix religion and politics and, worse, have a misguided understanding of the First … Read more>

* Delegate Pogge gets top Family Foundation score

* Family Foundation Action releases “Report Card” on General Assembly

Bob McDonnell to sign transportation tax hikes with fanfare

More ties between Va.’s McDonnells and Star Scientific are revealed

Legislative issues fueled … Read more>

Now that the campaign season is but a memory — all that time and money come, gone and spent in what seems like a flash now, though we thought it interminable when it was in full swing — except here in Virginia, … Read more>

When Olympic medals are taxed, you know our government has gone too far. But apparently, it does, and it has. The United States Olympic Committee gives bonuses to our medal winning athletes — $25,000 for a gold, for example — for these once-in-a-lifetime … Read more>

You read that correctly. It probably doesn’t happen often, but I completely agree with the words spoken by First Lady Michelle Obama late last week where she implored church leaders at a conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in … Read more>

One of the most insightful and oft-quoted stock market analysts in the country is Virginia’s very own Kent Engelke, chief economic strategist and managing director of Capitol Securities Management. His April 22 Early Morning Commentary quoted a profound … Read more>

Far left liberal Northern Virginia Delegate David Englin (D-45, Alexandria) has pursued some real follies in the General Assembly — and that’s putting it politely. Bills to punish people by raising gas taxes and restoring the death tax, to name a … Read more>

Our old friend Barry Lynn at Americans United for Separation of Truth from Reality Church and State has sent yet another letter to the IRS, this time asking for an investigation of Liberty University and, in doing so, takes … Read more>

One of the biggest aggravations — and financial hardships — local governments place on taxpaying families and individuals is the assessments on their houses. Not only are local property tax rates often much too high, the assessments are as well, resulting in … Read more>

Here’s Delegate Bob Marshall’s (R-13, Manassas) take on the Health Care Freedom legislation pending in the General Assembly, in a statement released earlier today, in light of the historic Senate vote yesterday:

Congress is attempting to make Virginia and

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