
Ken Plum: Threats to our government as we know it
The threats to our democratic-republican form of government are more numerous than weeks of this column could enumerate.

The threats to our democratic-republican form of government are more numerous than weeks of this column could enumerate.

U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) today is calling for Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to meet the administration’s previously set deadline of July 1 to begin printing materials for the 2020 Census.

Please spare me the media hysterics and the outrage and the hypocritical double standards of those whose moral conscience appears to be largely dictated by their political loyalties.

How do you persuade a populace to embrace totalitarianism, that goose-stepping form of tyranny in which the government has all of the power and “we the people” have none?

If you like gambling and you live in Virginia, then you’re a bit unlucky, to say the least. Virginia is one of the most restrictive states in the US when it comes to citizens having a flutter.

What the First Amendment protects—and a healthy constitutional republic requires—are citizens who routinely exercise their right to speak truth to power.

Former vice president Joe Biden is the unquestioned leader out of the gate in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential race. You know what that means. Donald Trump is going to get a second term.

If you’re an avid gambler who resides in the no-casino-gambling state of Virginia, you’ll be pleased to know that things could be changing for the better.

As with any other innovation, online gambling had its fair share of ups and downs. More so, given society’s general attitude towards gambling.

You’re driving along and you see a pair of flashing blue lights in your rearview mirror. Whether or not you’ve done anything wrong, you get a sinking feeling in your stomach.
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