Showing posts with label presidents. Show all posts
Showing posts with label presidents. Show all posts
Monday, June 05, 2017

From the Archives: Obama’s announcement prompts question, Is gay marriage a ‘new right’?

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Obama’s announcement prompts question, Is gay marriage a ‘new right’? May 9, 2012 4:02 PM MST With President Barack Obama’s surprise anno...
Monday, May 29, 2017

From the Archives: JFK was 'cautious, conservative' says UVA political scientist Larry Sabato

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Publisher's note: Today would have been the 100th birthday of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy.  This article is drawn from my Exami...
Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Bill Clinton Came to Charlottesville

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Terry McAuliffe, Bill Clinton About one thousand supporters of gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe gathered at the Paramount Theater ...
Sunday, October 27, 2013

Bill Clinton Coming to Charlottesville

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Paramount Theatre, Charlottesville After noting Hillary Rodham Clinton's birthday yesterday, I was reminded that her husband, forme...
Saturday, October 26, 2013

Gerald Ford's Views on a Hillary Clinton Presidential Run

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Hillary Clinton at the 1996 Democratic National Convention Today is former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton 's 66th birthda...
Thursday, October 10, 2013

Spiro Agnew Resigned as Vice President 40 Years Ago Today

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Another piece from the archives, marking the 40th anniversary of Spiro T. Agnew 's resignation as vice president on October 10, 1973. A...
Wednesday, October 09, 2013

Calvin Coolidge and civility

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(This article originally appeared on Virginia Politics on Demand on June 20, 2013 .) One day in 1905, while running for the school commit...
Thursday, August 29, 2013

116 Members of Congress Insist POTUS Get Approval Before Bombing Syria

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U.S. Representative Scott Rigell (R-VA2) Led by Representative Scott Rigell (R-Virginia), 116 Members of Congress (98 Republicans and 18 ...
Thursday, July 04, 2013

'America Could Use a Good Dose of Calvin Coolidge' Revisited

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Three years ago today, the Richmond Times-Dispatch published an opinion piece I wrote and headlined it "America Could Use a Good Dose ...
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Saturday, March 23, 2013

March 23, 1983 - Ronald Reagan Launches the Strategic Defense Initiative

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It is hard to believe it has been three decades since President Ronald Reagan introduced the Strategic Defense Initiative, which quickly ear...
Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Finding the Praiseworthy in Warren Harding

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In last Saturday's print edition of the Washington Post , an op-ed column by conservative commentator Michael Gerson offered a critique...
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Tuesday, July 03, 2012

Marking Independence Day with John Quincy Adams and Ronald Reagan

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At the Reagan Library Twenty-six years ago, during the twin celebrations of Independence Day and the re-dedication of the Statue of Libe...