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So Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine is interested in letting a few “good” prisoners out of the gray bar hotel 90 days early as a cost-cutting measure claiming they are “nonviolent offenders who have been model inmates” and were due for a 30-day early dismissal, according to an article written by Anthony Barkow of New York.
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I suppose I could have waited until later in the month and headed for Washington or Richmond. Or just turned on the tube to find out what our new president had to say about the State of the Union, or our governor about the State of the Commonwealth. Instead, as a Jeffersonian who loves Real…
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A half-dozen years ago, Rania Kharma of Gaza was my classmate, earning a master’s degree in conflict transformation from Eastern Mennonite University, a peace-oriented college in Harrisonburg. In October, 2007, Rania wrote me and others she knew at EMU to ask for our help in breaking “the siege on Gaza.”
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OK, Sam, we’ll bite. State senators should cut their pay and expense allowances in light of the budget shortfall. How about recommending to your own caucus that they be paid their worth considering what they’ve done the past seven years to block basically anything from happening on transportation or education reform or economic development ……
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“We will have peace with the Arabs when they love their children more than they hate us.” – Golda Meir (1898-1978), former Israeli prime minister For Israel, the axis of evil is Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran with the latter supporting the two terror groups. With all three entities hell-bent on the destruction and eradication of…
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Hollywood is a lot like that proverbial ketchup bottle when it comes to good movies. Nothing comes out all year long, and then a lot’ll. After a year-long steady diet of superheroes, gun fights and car chases, I’m suddenly on a roll and have seen several remarkable films in the past few weeks. First came…
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Looking back on it, wouldn’t it have made sense to have started doing something about our transportation-infrastructure limitations, I don’t know, maybe a few years ago when the economy was relatively purring and the dollars were available to address the traffic jams in NoVa and Hampton Roads and the clogged arteries inhibiting commerce statewide?
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We’ve heard from the politicians howling about Tim Kaine proposing a tax increase during a recession. There’s another side howling over the governor’s proposed 30-cent increase in the state cigarette tax.
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Therese Warner was in the business world when inspiration struck. “I thought, Well, if I’m a teacher, at least I’ll have seven hours a day with these kids, and they’ll be safe, and they’ll be treated with respect, and they’ll be learning, and they’ll be in a good environment,” said Warner, whose first dealings with…
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My friend Coy Barefoot at WINA-1070AM in Charlottesville wants me to talk about the Top 10 news stories of 2008 in Virginia government and politics on his radio show “Charlottesville-Right Now!” this afternoon. So here’s my stab at it, “Countdown”-style.
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