Racism and Redistricting
A new controversy over redistricting is rearing its head. Democrats are now worried that because they lost the 2011 elections, control of the senate, and virtually every mechanism available to them to...
View Article‘Tebow Bill’ seeks homeschooler access to public school sports programs
An ongoing debate throughout the years has been the refusal in Virginia to allow homeschooled students the opportunity to participate in public school sports but now they may have an unlikely hero on...
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Thursday: Homeschool bills to be heard in General Assembly
There are a number of homeschool bills will be heard early Thursday morning, January 26, in the General Assembly House and Senate. Three sports access bills, and two bills requested by Home Educators...
View ArticleMcDonnell signs congressional redistricting bill
On Tuesday night, Governor Bob McDonnell signed the bill to approve the newly-redrawn congressional districts in Virginia that were passed last week by the General Assembly. The legislation passed...
View ArticleDickie Bell proposes drug tests for needy … is it really necessary?
When the Staunton News Leader starts sounding more conservative than our Republican elected officials, it gets my attention. I’m talking about Del. Dickie Bell’s proposal to require drug testing of...
View ArticleVCA and the Robo-calls of Death
This afternoon, HB1, also known as the “Personhood” Bill passed out of the Senate Committee on Education and Health with a party line vote of 8-7. Chesterfield Senator Steve Martin chairs the...
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“The Great Charge of Ferryes:” Tolls or Taxes in Colonial Virginia
There is an opaque period in Virginia’s colonial history–between the 1620s and the 1670s–that seems rather dull compared to the adventures and plights of our beginnings, and the actions and revolts of...
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Senator Louise Lucas Takes A Gamble
Louise Lucas has apparently exchanged the race card for the poker cards. Especially, that is, if the General Assembly passes and the Governor approves, the latest legislation by Senator Louise Lucas....
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Gov. McDonnell Declares 2013 the “Year of the Teacher”
Who was that special teacher in your life? We all have one (mine was Mrs. Sandra Parece, my 4th grade Social Studies teacher) who inspired us to dig deeper into a particular subject, encouraged us to...
View ArticleMedicaid Expansion = Attack on marriage and full-time jobs
I often wondered by so many liberals push for Obama’s expansion of Medicaid. Right now, Medicaid covers people at or below the poverty level. Isn’t that what it was supposed to be? Why should we be...
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