Wednesday, April 20, 2005

Tom DeLay Criticizes Supreme Court for Internet Research

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I don't have an opinion on Tom DeLay's legal and ethical troubles, because I am not in a position to know the full facts in the case...

Pope Benedict XVI and His Namesake Predecessors

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While there is no substitute for looking at the actual record of a new pope – his work as a pastor, his writings as a theologian or philosop...
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Tuesday, April 19, 2005

Diverse Coalition Brings PATRIOT Act Concerns to Congress

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As the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence prepares to hold hearings on the sunsetting of the most egregious clauses in the USA PATRIOT ...

Rob Schilling on the Charlottesville Budget Process

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Last week, after the Charlottesville City Council voted 4 to 1 to approve the new city budget, the lone dissenter, released an account of th...
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Thursday, April 14, 2005

GMU Students Plan Terrorist Strike in Northern Virginia

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Richard Morrison (aka " Virginia Patriot ") spotted a news report on CNN that describes how students at George Mason University ar...
Wednesday, April 13, 2005

Vermont Mulls Drinking Age Reform

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Loyal readers of this blog will recall that, back on March 8, I posted an article with arguments for returning to the 18-year drinking age....
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Happy Birthday, Mr. Jefferson!

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Today is April 13, celebrated as a holiday in Charlottesville (Founder's Day). City offices are closed; the heavy hand of local governme...
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Tuesday, April 12, 2005

2005 Jefferson Muzzle Awards Announced

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Each year since 1992, the Charlottesville-based Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression has presented the " Jeff...

Sir Charles on Justice Thomas

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Guesting on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on NBC-TV last evening, former professional basketball player Charles Barkley plugged his new bo...
Friday, April 08, 2005

Augusta Free Press on Virginia Bloggers

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Chris Graham has an article at the Augusta Free Press entitled " What role will the bloggers play in the '05 elections? ," in...

Take Mr. Jefferson to Best Buy

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This story is a month old, but it just came to my attention today. Reported in the Baltimore Sun on March 8 and on WorldNetDaily yesterda...
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Thursday, April 07, 2005

Gay-Baiting Jerry Kilgore

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There are early indications that Democrats and other Tim Kaine supporters are going to use innuendo, loaded questions, and sometimes outrigh...
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Wednesday, April 06, 2005

Daily Progress: Letter on New Taxpayers Group

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Media General's newspaper in Charlottesville, The Daily Progress , published a good letter to the editor today regarding the new Charlot...

Historical Charlottesville Election Results Now On Line

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Results of elections held in the City of Charlottesville going back more than 40 years are now available for easy examination on line at the...
Tuesday, April 05, 2005

PATRIOT Act Violates Civil Liberties, DOJ Says

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In an op-ed piece in yesterday's Washington Times , cleverly designed to persuade Americans to support extension and expansion of the US...

Another Candidate for District 57

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I have commented on the 57th District race to succeed retiring Delegate Mitch Van Yahres on several occasions -- as recently as this morning...
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57th District Gets Competition

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Former Charlottesville City Councilor David Toscano, who once ran for Congress on the far-left Citizens' Party (Barry Commoner) ticket, ...

Two Candidates Who Oppose Taxes

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Two challengers in this year's Republican primary are setting themselves apart as "the" anti-tax candidates in their races. Ge...
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Monday, April 04, 2005

Your Sports Dollars at Work

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On Monday's All Things Considered, a report on the student-athletes by correspondent Uri Berliner was introduced like this: Illinois a...
Thursday, March 31, 2005

Warner Signs Virginia Property-Rights Laws

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On January 25, I reported with some foreboding , "Two bills under consideration by the Virginia General Assembly, designed to protect t...
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