
Wim Laven: Elections and the threat of uncritical political discourse
Primary elections are a routine occasion of frustration for many Americans. Aug. 16, 2022 continued this trend.

Primary elections are a routine occasion of frustration for many Americans. Aug. 16, 2022 continued this trend.
Republicans and a couple Democrats in the Senate blocked all tries for a significant student debt forgiveness portion of various bills. Where, they ask, is the money coming from? The student debt held now is on the order of $1.75 trillion, an enormous amount.
Boy, howdy, a few Republicans really didn’t like the article that I wrote on Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s visit to the Rockingham County Fair this week.

Sixth District Republican Congressman Ben Cline does a good job of disguising himself as a sensible mainstream conservative.
Liz Cheney doesn’t appear to be done kneecapping Donald Trump. The soon-to-be former Wyoming congresswoman is mulling over a run for the White House in 2024.

Congressman Ben Cline has been telling a lot of lies about the Inflation Reduction Act, which congressional Democrats passed last week without a single Republican vote.
FBI agents executing a search warrant on Monday at the Florida golf club of former president Donald Trump were investigating potential violations of the Espionage Act.

Sixth District Republican Ben Cline could barely conceal his anger after the FBI had executed a search warrant at the Florida golf club of former president Donald Trump.
Attorney General Merrick Garland has called Donald Trump’s bluff, indicating Thursday that the Department of Justice has filed a motion in a Florida federal court to unseal a search warrant it had obtained related to an ongoing investigation into top-secret documents believed to be in the former president’s possession.

State Sen. Scott Surovell is spot on about why numerous Virginia local school districts are having trouble hiring teachers. Two words: Glenn Youngkin.