Elk to Return to Buchanan County
Groups File in Support of UVA in Climate Suit
Surplus Grows to Nearly $400 Million
Bolling Sees Signs of Hope in State Economy
McDonnell Urges Obama to Rethink JFCOM Closure
JFCOM’s Reliance on Contractors Makes It Tempting Target for Gates
Allen to Discuss Jewish Lineage at Jewish Retreat
Perriello Feels the Heat in Danville Stop
Goodlatte Talks [...]
McDonnell Asks Napolitano to Let State Troopers Act as Immigration Agents
Congress to Scrutinize Rationale for Military Contracting Cuts
Congressmen Arrange Summit to Discuss JFCOM Closure
Virginia Schools Dcline in No Child Left Behind
Half of S. Hampton Roads Schools Miss Federal Targets
Less than Half of Roanoke Schools Make Federal Testing Benchmark
C’ville/Albemarle School Divisions Fail to Make AYP
Albemarle Board [...]
NAACP Criticizes Webb, Allen Makes Distinction
Virginia ACLU Joins Effort to Obtain FBI Racial Data
Virginia Prisons Chief: Stop Locking Up Those We’re Mad At
McDonnell Says Sale of Liquor Stores Will Provide “Windfall”
Rasmussen Poll Shows 64% Approval Rating for McDonnell
Cuccinelli, Ron Paul to Address First Virginia Tea Party Convention
NOVA BRAC Working Group Formed
Virginia Port Authority Operating Loss [...]
When Jim Webb published an op-ed titled “Diversity and the myth of white privilege” last week in the Wall Street Journal (it should be noted Webb didn’t write the provocative headline that is less nuanced than the arguments he makes in the piece, the Wall Street Journal’s editors did), people took notice. Pieces that are [...]
1. Webb v. Diversity: The Timing Question
Jim’s Webb’s op-ed in The Wall Street Journal Friday morning calling for an end to diversity programs and attacking the “myth” of white dominance will have everybody talking (for quite some time). In particular, why did Webb pick this moment to recycle a stance he took in 2006 to [...]
In the lead up to the college football season, ESPN’s “College Football Live” is doing a series of “What ifs,” where the show speculates about what would have or could have happened in college football if certain plays in the past did not happen. Like what would have happened if Florida State didn’t have its [...]
1. Cuccinelli v. Kissinger
I think that it was Henry Kissinger, former Secretary and Harvard professor, who first noted that academic politics were so vicious because the stakes were so small (though the statement has been repeated so often by so many that it’s origins have become quite hazy). Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli clearly holds a [...]
Dems Hold Wide Cash Leads in Virginia Competitive House Races
Rigell, Nye Money Race
Not Yet a Candidate, Allen Raises Money Like One
Former Legislator’s Aide Illegally Spent $52,000 on Nightclubs, Restaurants, and Liquor
McDonnell Restores Rights of 506 Felons
McDonnell Aides, Industry, Huddle on Privatizing ABC
Environmentalists Blast State for Luring Mercury Paper
VDOT Isn’t Buying Signs To Tout Stimulus Projects
McDonnell’s [...]
Genetic Research Venture in Fairfax Falls Apart
Appeals Court Upholds Permit for Coal Fired Plant in Wise
In Allen’s Book, Sport is Allegory for Politics
McDonnell Says He Did Not Know about Malek’s Past
McDonnell Says He Didn’t Know of Malek’s Nixon Work, McEachin Calls It Beyond Belief
Rigell Surveys Says He’s Frontrunner in 2nd District Primary
Fimian Poll Says He’s [...]
1. The Washington Connection
To Virginia politics has essentially become institutionalized. What happens in Virginia is increasingly covered as an important signal about the national political dialogue. This was true of the Webb-Allen race in 2006, Obama’s successful effort to carry the Commonwealth in 2008, and the GOP sweep in 2009. The 2010 Congressional races are [...]