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An Impertinent Question
By Robert Reich Permit me an impertinent question (or three). Suppose a small group of extremely wealthy people sought to systematically destroy the U.S. government by (1) finding and bankrolling new candidates pledged to shrinking and dismembering it; (2)...
Trust
Shirley Keene, a landowner from Raven, VA, is fighting against Ken Cuccinelli and out-of-state energy companies over royalties owed her for gas extracted from her property. Recently, a federal judge said she was "shocked" by the help Attorney General Cuccinelli's...
Cuccinelli’s Cowardly Inaction
As attorney general, Cuccinelli last year declined to join a majority of his state counterparts in support of the Violence Against Women Act; he was among only three who didn't sign a letter imploring Congress to reauthorize the legislation first enacted in 1994. In a...
Gov. McDonnell’s Financial Disclosure Statements, 2008-2012
Bob McDonnell's Growing Scandal Could Spill Over to Ken Cuccinelli "The Republican nominee always kept his distance from the governor. Now it's a political imperative." MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show has obtained financial disclosure statements filed by embattled...
Followup: Report on U.S. Rep. Hurt’s Visit to Madison
Head Start, the Farm Bill, and Mr. Hurt (please also see this post) One month ago this week, I and others had a chance to chat with Scott Leakey during his visit to Madison County for Congressman Bob Hurt. In our chat, Scott noted his wife’s love of teaching and how...
Beyond the Pale
WASHINGTON | Wed Jul 10, 2013 8:35pm EDT (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives emerged from an immigration meeting on Wednesday divided over whether to help the 11 million undocumented people living in the United States, but eager to bolster...
MCDC Speaker Meeting July 13th
MCDC Speaker Meeting July 13th The Madison County Democratic Committee will hold its next meeting at 9:30 am on Saturday, July 13th at the Madison Presbyterian Church on Fishback Road. Mr. Galen Fountain, the former Democratic Clerk for the United States Senate...
“We Don’t Have Time for a Meeting of the Flat Earth Society”
From the desk of Dave Pell "In a speech at Georgetown University, President Obama outlined his plan to cut greenhouse gases and renewed what promises to be a heated discussion on climate change. The speech was wide-ranging, but some of most memorable parts were...
An Open Letter to E.W. Jackson
By Phyllis Randall Loudoun, VA Historians may disagree on who originally articulated the statement “Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.” Some credit this quote to Abraham Lincoln while others claim it was the wisdom of...
Kluge Subpoenaed by Federal Grand Jury
Patricia Kluge has been subpoenaed to testify before the federal grand jury investigating Gov. Bob McDonnell. By Waldo Jaquith Many months ago, an acquaintance was invited to join a small gathering at the estate of erstwhile Charlottesville-area millionaire Patricia...
