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This column is not for wine lovers. Rather, it is directed to my conservative friends who have no love for government, who think that all governments are nothing more than intrusions into our private lives, who never met a tax they liked and who believe that all public budgets should be filed under fiction. Sorry,…
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State Del. Ben Cline, R-24th District, announced today that he had received confirmation of recent actions by Virginia Lottery employees in which luxury skybox suite seats reserved for winners of the Redskins Legacy game were misused by Lottery staff. Cline also announced that he would be asking for an independent audit of the Virginia Lottery…
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A bipartisan group of Virginia leaders will work to get the Obama administration to reverse its move to block drilling off the coast of Virginia until at least 2017. “As a result of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, we learned a number of lessons, most importantly that we need to proceed with caution and focus…
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“The federal government,” says Bill Howell, the speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, “has long ago usurped the power reserved to the states and the people via our Constitution.” Here we go again. Looks like we’re about to refight the Civil War. Howell is in Washington today to talk up something called the Repeal…
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Or … my love affair with Danny O’Brien Here it is – my All-ACC football ballot. Let the gnashing of teeth begin.
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Tomorrow is truly an American holiday. It is one of the few which remains faithful to its origins. The Pilgrims started something that, hopefully, we will never finish. Thanksgiving 2010 will be like the hundreds of other Thanksgiving’s before. It is always a peaceful day. So, peace is on my “Thank You” list. However, it…
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Virginia Tech sophomore tailback Ryan Williams and NC State junior wide receiver T.J. Graham headline a list of seven players honored as the Atlantic Coast Conference Football Players of the Week announced Monday by the ACC. Williams accounted for two touchdowns as the Hokies topped Miami, 31-17, clinching the Coastal Division title. His 84-yard scoring…
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I’m still waiting for somebody to tell me why I’m wrong to think that we don’t need a federal Department of Education. Contrarian by nature that I am, I’ll give it the ol’ college try myself. Here’s my case against the Department of Ed in a nutshell: The money that makes its way from Washington…
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House Democratic Leader Ward Armstrong is sounding off on a move by Gov. Bob McDonnell to hire a private consultant to help sell his controversial plan to sell off Virginia’s 332 ABC stores. “At a time when people across the state are looking for leadership on jobs, education, transportation and a host of other issues,…
