Anti-intellectualism in Virginia
As in much of the country, Virginia has long had strains of anti-intellectualism that have held it back. And they don’t seem to be going away. The General Assembly is pushing forward with a bill to require primary and secondary school teachers to identify classroom materials that are “sexually explicit” and notify parents who would […]
Families of gun victims reach out to Va. governor
By Barbara Parker and Uma Loganathan Three weeks ago, we sent Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) a letter from loved ones of victims and survivors of gun violence from across the state of Virginia. In it, we asked that he reconsider the backroom deal he cut with the NRA that allows anyone with a concealed […]
Virginia for the Win: Non-GOP voters face a Trump dilemma
Virginia for the Win is a series examining Virginia’s crucial role in the 2016 presidential race and national politics. Hillary Clinton will win Virginia big tomorrow. That being the case, do many Democrats or independents, increasingly worried Donald J. Trump might become the nation’s 45th president, have a moral obligation to cast their votes against […]
On D.C.’s one-year anniversary with legalized marijuana, work remains
By Kaitlyn Boecker More than a year has passed since District voters legalized marijuana. On Feb. 26, 2015, it became legal for adults to possess up to two ounces of marijuana and cultivate up to six plants in their home. As a result, marijuana possession arrests decreased a whopping 98 percent from 2014 to 2015, dropping […]
Virginia for the Win: Trump and his tax credits
Virginia for the Win is a series examining Virginia’s crucial role in the 2016 presidential race and national politics. Leadership requires finding common ground for the public good. You don’t need to love Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, much less plan on voting for him, to reach out on an issue that’s bigger than the […]
Voter ID cases are about politics, not democracy
Last night, I had the chance to talk to Richmond’s 8 News about a legal challenge to Virginia’s voter identification law. As usual, Mark Tenia did his best to explain a complicated political problem in less than two minutes; here’s the rest of the story. Virginia passed the law in 2013; it requires voters to produce a […]
Dulles Airport is critical for Northern Virginia’s continued growth
By Jim Corcoran, Thomas A. “Tag” Greason and Mark D. Sickles For decades, Northern Virginia has been among the leading regions to start, grow or relocate a business, not just in the United States, but also worldwide. Our region has a number of assets that make it unique. Our leaders at the local and state levels support […]
A fan’s lament: Why I’m quitting Washington’s football team
By Ian Washburn On Dec. 7, 1941, my grandparents were two of the 27,000 patrons in the stands at Griffith Stadium cheering Sammy Baugh and their beloved burgundy and gold to victory over the rival Philadelphia Eagles. My grandparents, Roger and Nancy Washburn, and the other fans sat in nervous speculation as pages for military personnel […]
D.C. residents deserve better than they’re getting from the Bureau of Prisons
By Louis Sawyer The Charles Colson Task Force on Federal Corrections, a bipartisan group of policymakers and criminal justice experts, recently released a report detailing ways to improve the federal correctional system. The task force’s chairman, J.C. Watts, wrote an essay in PostEverything on Jan. 26 calling on the “federal government to follow the states’ lead […]
Virginia for the Win: If other states had followed Virginia’s lead, the Republican Party could stop Trump
Virginia for the Win is a series examining Virginia’s crucial role in the 2016 presidential race and national politics. “A house divided against itself cannot stand,” declared Abraham Lincoln before a standing-room-only SRO crowd at the 1858 Illinois Republican State Convention in Springfield. Lincoln discussed the growing divisions already responsible for the Whig Party’s collapse that […]
Virginia for the Win: A lesson for Bernie Sanders from Doug Wilder’s campaign
Virginia for the Win is a series examining Virginia’s crucial role in the 2016 presidential race and national politics. Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-Vt.) political opponents are suddenly questioning his personal commitment to civil rights. These new charges are not surprising, since even those voicing the charges concede they are aimed at harming Sanders’s image among […]
Terry McAuliffe is mastering the art of making — and losing — friends
For the second time in as many weeks, Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) has compromised with Republican legislators in ways that have angered progressives who supported him in his election campaign. On Jan. 28, McAuliffe brokered a deal with GOP legislators that would overturn Attorney General Mark Herring’s (D) decree canceling Virginia’s reciprocity in recognizing permits […]
Get behind Go Virginia
Here’s something you don’t hear every day: So much support for a bill in the Virginia General Assembly that the idea of opposition provokes laughter. According to Wednesday’s Washington Post: After hearing the glowing testimony, Sen. Emmett W. Hanger Jr. (R-Augusta) asked whether anyone opposed GO Virginia — to laughter from the morning crowd of lobbyists […]
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