Thursday, October 17, 2013

How did Charlottesville untie its June 11 primary election?

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(This article appeared originally on Virginia Politics on Demand on June 17, 2013 .) While last [June]'s primary elections were ho-hu...
Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Nigel Ashford to Speak on Human Rights at University of Virginia

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Nigel Ashford in Charlottesville 2011 One week after the world-wide discussion of human rights coordinated through Blog Action Day, Dr. ...

Blog Action Day 2013: Property Rights Are Human Rights

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Blog Action Day 2013 Today is Blog Action Day around the world, with the invitation issued to bloggers to discuss the theme of "hum...
Tuesday, October 15, 2013

From the Archives: 'Don't Let the Feds Be Thought Police'

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This article was originally published in the Roanoke Times & World News on April 9, 1991, under the all-caps headline "DON'T L...
Monday, October 14, 2013

Gubernatorial Candidates Weigh in on Alcoholic Beverage Laws and Regulations

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Two of the three candidates for Virginia governor in 2013 have addressed questions concerning the state's alcoholic beverage laws, with ...
Sunday, October 13, 2013

Virginia gubernatorial candidates speak at Buena Vista

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Delegate Lacey Putney, grand marshal of the Buena Vista Labor Day parade (This article appeared originally, in slightly different form, ...
Saturday, October 12, 2013

From the Archives: 2013 Nobel Peace Prize Recalls Chemical Weapons in Africa

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Yesterday in Oslo it was announced that the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize will go to a group that monitors and discourages the use of chemical weap...
Friday, October 11, 2013

Water Taxis and Eliminating Government's Transit Monopolies

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Yesterday's Washington Post includes a front-page a Metro section story with the headline, "Water taxis in Washington could be vi...
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...
Tuesday, October 08, 2013

No News Is New News: Revisiting the Somali Crisis of 1992-93

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With the release on October 11 of the new Tom Hanks' movie, Captain Phillips , which is about the capture of an American cargo ship by ...
Monday, October 07, 2013

Debate and dissension on GOP's future will continue

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College Republican National Committee's report on Millennial voters (This article originally appeared on Virginia Politics on Demand ...