by MCDC | May 2, 2015 | 2015 General Election, 2016 General Election, 2017 General Election, Action Alerts, Citizens United, Civil Rights, Income Inequality, Issues, Minimum Wage, Opinion, Virginia
From a 4/26/15 lecture in Sperryville, Virginia, by Vernon Gras, Professor emeritus, English and Cultural Studies, Geroge Mason...
by MCDC | Dec 18, 2014 | 2016 General Election, Climate Change, Opinion
This week, following months of slobbering coverage from mainstream and nominally liberal journalists, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) announced that he will “actively explore the possibility of running for president of the United States.” If anyone suggests that...
by MCDC | Nov 25, 2014 | Civil Rights, Opinion, Racism
“In a real sense all life is inter-related. All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be, and...
by MCDC | Aug 10, 2014 | 2016 General Election, Opinion
Libertarians have a problem. Their political philosophy all but died out in the mid- to late-20th century, but was revived by billionaires and corporations that found them politically useful. And yet libertarianism retains the qualities that led to its disappearance...
by MCDC | Jul 11, 2014 | Issues, Minimum Wage, Opinion, Video, Virginia
Letter to the Editor Recently, Republican Senate nominee Ed Gillespie was a guest on MSNBC’s Morning Joe. In his appearance, Gillespie said that he doesn’t believe in a “federally mandated increase in the minimum wage”. For someone who is running to represent our...