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Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Virginia GOP Chair, John "Anti-Semitic 'Joke' Dude" Whitbeck, Completely Wrong (As Usual) on AG Mark Herring's "Concealed Carry" Announcement

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The statement by Republican Party of Virginia Chair John "Anti-Semitic 'Joke' Dude" Whitbeck (see image; click to "em...

"Extremist" Anti-LGBT Group Files Suit Against Fairfax County School Board to Force It To Discriminate

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by Lowell When I read stuff like this , my first reactions are often a combination of incredulity (no way anyone would do that!), derisive...

Tuesday News: Trump Goes Wildly Sexist; SpaceX Makes History

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by Lowell Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, December 22. Also, very cool - and hi...
Monday, December 21, 2015

Long Past Time for Senators Kaine and Warner, Governor McAuliffe to LEAD Opposition to Offshore Oil Drilling

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by Lowell I was very happy this morning to read As decision nears, opposition builds to offshore drilling along Atlantic Coast by Joby Wa...

Monday News: Republicans Reject Modern America; Trump Says Putin's "Innocent Until Proven Guilty" in Killing of Journalists

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by Lowell Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, December 21. Also, check out President...
Sunday, December 20, 2015

The Right Wing's Need for Enemies and the Danger to Our Nation

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by Andy Schmookler A train of thought I’d like to share: In a biography of Montaigne I’ve lately been reading (How to Live, by Sarah Bak...

Sunday News: ABC Moderators Fail, but Democratic Candidates Succeed; Bob Goodlatte Wants to Kill the Chesapeake Bay

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by Lowell Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, December 20. ABC Moderators Ignore C...
Saturday, December 19, 2015

Bipartisan Bill Would Dramatically Change (For the Better!) the Way Redistricting is Done in Virginia

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by Lowell Kudos to State Senators Janet Howell (D) and Jill Holtzman Vogel (R) for introducing SB 59 , which lays out strict criteria for h...

A Few Thoughts from Atif Qarni and Me on Augusta County's Freakout Over Arabic Calligraphy, the Koran, etc.

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by Lowell You've undoubtedly heard by now of this story , in which "[a] high school geography teacher in rural Augusta County ask...

Saturday News: "Trump brings bigots out of hiding," His Voters Want to Bomb "Agrabah"

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by Lowell Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, December 19. Also check out Presiden...