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U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner led a bipartisan group introducing legislation to establish an independent National Commission on Security and Technology Challenges.
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Crossover for the 2016 Session of the Virginia General Assembly is at hand.
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Lawyer Zihindula Mulegwa, MA ’05 (conflict transformation), left studies in Kansas to assume a government post in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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What a bad week for the war party. Darn you, Iran! The country that the armchair warriors most love to hate refuses to play the villain’s role.
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Remarks by President Obama today at the White House on his executive actions on gun safety reform.
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The Internet is blowing up over a generated controversy regarding a lesson on the Arabic language from a World Religions textbook at Riverheads High School.
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The demagogic exaggeration of the “terrorist threat,” which was the centerpiece of the last Republican debates, is easily deflated with just a moment’s thought.
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“Parchment” – it sounds ancient and quaint. One variety of it – used in the first truly portable Bibles – has the disturbing name “uterine vellum,” prompting scholars over the centuries to surmise its origins.
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Augusta Free Press editor Chris Graham talks politics and sports with Jim Bresnahan on WREL-1450 in Lexington, Va. The common thread: scoreboards. Virginia General Assembly incumbents were 122-0 in Tuesday’s elections. Does that signify voter satisfaction with the status quo? That, plus a new Mendoza Line for the Republican GOP debates, and a look ahead at a busy weekend in college football, keep us busy.
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Last week, we saw a remarkable moment in our history as Paul Ryan was elected as the 54th Speaker of the House of Representatives. The position of Speaker is one of great significance in our constitutional system; the Speaker is third in line to the presidency and is responsible for managing the functions of the House.
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