John Whitehead: This is not a revolution. It’s a blueprint for locking down the nation
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There is something being concocted in the dens of power, far beyond the public eye, and it doesn’t bode well for the future of this country.
Search Results for voting
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How do we get from where we are to where we need to be?
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The Voting Rights Act was signed in 1965. The Civil Rights Act was a year earlier. The Supreme Court started us on the path toward school desegregation in 1954. Where we’ve been for the past half-century isn’t not having enough laws. It’s about the people responsible for seeing to it that they’re followed to the letter.
Morgan Griffith: Comments on George Floyd, FISA dangers
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Like many Americans, I am appalled by what happened to George Floyd. The officers involved in his death did not recognize his constitutional rights to due process or even his dignity as a human being.
Chris Graham: A path forward from protest to systemic change
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George Floyd is dead over $20. You might not know that. His arrest was over an alleged $20 counterfeit bill passed at a convenience store.
From 9/11 to COVID-19: It’s been a perpetual state of emergency
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Don’t pity this year’s crop of graduates because this COVID-19 pandemic caused them to miss out on the antics of their senior year and the pomp and circumstance of graduation.
Dems, center-right seem to not want to learn their lessons from Staunton: Hey, whatever
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Gotta say, I’ve been impressed with the CYA from the pundits, center-right on over to the center-left, poking holes in my analysis of what happened in Staunton last week.
UVA’s Amy Appelt Slade to be inducted into National Lacrosse Hall of Fame
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Virginia women’s lacrosse standout Amy Appelt Slade has been named one of eight inductees for the Class of 2020 for the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame.
In an era of change, Waynesboro doubles down on keeping things just the same
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I was having a hard time figuring out how an electorate that would vote for Lana Williams in one Waynesboro City Council race would also vote for Terry Short in another, and then it hit me.
Shocker! Conservative slate sweeps to victory, control of Staunton City Council
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Staunton, a usually reliable Democratic stronghold in the conservative Shenandoah Valley, went surprisingly Republican in Tuesday’s City Council elections.
Staunton city government news, notes: Election, public meetings online
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Just a few reminders before going to the polls in Staunton tomorrow from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
