‘Our country’: The clash in the U.S. between democracy and dictatorship
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It was 1776. The U.S. was a baby nation-state. It was very proud of itself for its radical new democracy.
Search Results for Republicans
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U.S. House narrowly passes controversial parental rights school legislation
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The House of Representatives voted 213-208 to pass a controversial measure supposedly aimed at increasing parental rights in K-12 classrooms, but really amounts to not much more than politics.
The right’s assault on the word ‘woke’ is, of course, dog-whistle racism
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The amazing thing about the anti-woke crusade of the right is how fragile and linguistically cautious it is, compared to the way things were in the “good old days,” whose passing the anti-wokers so deeply lament.
It is long past time to really pare down the Department of Defense budget
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Here we are in yet another crisis of our own making (well, made by the people we freely elected), the debt ceiling debacle. At the actual nut of the problem is the military budget.
Trump Republican critic Liz Cheney joins UVA Center for Politics
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Liz Cheney, who stood up to Donald Trump, and lost her congressional seat for it, will finish out her first year out of office as a professor at the UVA Center for Politics.
Letter: Abigail Spanberger playing gubernatorial politics on school funding
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As your article (Feb. 23) intimates, Abigail Spanberger’s arrival on the “local school funding snafu” scene seems suspiciously related to gubernatorial desires.
Embattled Waynesboro Vice Mayor Jim Wood has his supporters: Who are they?
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Nine people spoke in support of embattled Waynesboro Vice Mayor Jim Wood at Monday’s Waynesboro City Council meeting.
Legislation would permit whole milk in American public school cafeterias again
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Schools participating in the National School Lunch Program are only permitted to serve fat-free or low-fat milk under current regulations.
Waynesboro City Council member asks Jim Wood to resign over Pete Buttigieg slur
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Two of Jim Wood’s colleagues on Waynesboro City Council requested Monday night that he relinquish the title of vice mayor, and a third demanded that he resign his seat on City Council altogether.
Spanberger joins Youngkin in playing China fears up for political gain
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Virginia’s current governor, Glenn Youngkin, turned down a new Ford plant and 2,500 jobs, citing unfounded fears of Chinese Community Party influence.
