Poverty of Imagination: Not failing for lack of trying
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Day of my college graduation, May 22, 1994, a Sunday. Big day for the family. I’m the first in either of my families to graduate from college.
Search Results for Donald Trump
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Poverty of Imagination: Divorce impacts last a lifetime
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My mom packed my sister and me into the car one night the summer before eighth grade, 1985, for a drive, which was odd, because we didn’t go for night rides, since Mom couldn’t see well at night.
Poverty of Imagination: Growing up humble
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I’ve won awards for investigative journalism. My first bit of investigative journalism dates to second grade.
Poverty of Imagination: What keeps us down
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Democrats, in our coffee shops, scooting around town in our hybrids listening to NPR, over local-sourced dinners with our foodie friends, find ourselves at an uncharacteristic loss for words when forced to confront the uncomfortable reality.
Virginia farmers will mark American Farm Bureau centennial
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Virginia farmers will help mark a milestone this month when they attend the 100th American Farm Bureau Federation Annual Convention.
Persisting in a mistake is no virtue
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“To err is human.” So we all make mistakes. Then the challenge is to recognize and correct our mistakes. Because it is painful to admit one’s failings, sometimes people simply fail – or refuse – to recognize that some previous choice they made was a mistake.
Border wall speech: Or obfuscation?
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A funny thing happened on the way to President Trump delivering his beeg, important Oval Office address on the need for a border wall: that wasn’t really about a border wall.
Sen. Warner to Senate: Reopen the government
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U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) joined Sens. Tim Kaine (D-VA), Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) in calling for the Senate to vote on House-passed spending bills that would reopen the government immediately.
Beyer bill to give federal employees affected by government shutdown back pay passes House
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Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) today hailed House passage of the legislative text of his bill to give back pay to federal employees in agencies affected by the partial government shutdown.
Let’s all pretend there already is a wall
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Congress isn’t going to give in to President Trump on his ransom demand for $5 billion for a border wall that the rest of us know will never actually be built.
