Monday, July 28, 2014

Washington Post reporter gets several historical facts wrong

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An article in the print edition of the Washington Post on Sunday, July 27 (p. C5), includes three glaring errors that would have resulted i...
Thursday, July 24, 2014

Adventures in the Land of the Mathematically Challenged

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A letter to the editor in today's Daily Progress tries to draw attention to the problem of expensive housing in the Charlottesville ar...
Wednesday, July 16, 2014

50 Years Later, Barry Goldwater's GOP Convention Speech Still Resonates

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“Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice” was the biggest applause line of Barry Goldwater's speech accepting his party's nominat...
Wednesday, July 09, 2014

Has my interview with Ed Gillespie gone viral?

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U.S. Senate candidate Ed Gillespie Last weekend I interviewed Ed Gillespie , the Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate from Virginia,...
Friday, July 04, 2014

Gay Equality Protest at Independence Hall - July 4th, 1968

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A year before the Stonewall riots sparked what's become known as the modern gay-rights movement, pioneering advocates for gay equality -...
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Monday, June 23, 2014

Are Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber an 'Emerging Threat'?

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Last week the celebrity gossip pages were reporting the news that the on-again, off-again romance of bad boy Justin Bieber and Disney Chann...
Saturday, June 14, 2014

Flag Day Flashback: Does the U.S. Flag Merit Special Protection?

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Today is Flag Day, and thus an appropriate time to revisit an article I wrote almost 15 years ago about flag desecration. The context that...
Friday, June 13, 2014

Interview with Morgan Griffith about medicinal marijuana

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U.S. Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-VA9) Although he voted against a budget amendment designed to circumscribe federal interference in the pro...
Thursday, June 05, 2014

Interviews with 4 Virginia GOP Senate candidates

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Senator Mark Warner greets a voter This weekend in Roanoke, the Republican Party of Virginia will hold a convention whose main order o...
Monday, May 26, 2014

Virginia's 'Sprawling' Eighth District?

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Get well wishes are due Delegate Patrick Hope (D-Arlington), who injured himself -- breaking a rib and fracturing other bones -- while ca...
Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Alaska, Huge Ships, and DADT?

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On The Tonight Show tonight, Jimmy Fallon did a comedy bit involving books with odd titles or subjects. One of the books he featured was ...
Friday, April 25, 2014

A Belated Birthday Salute to Shirley Temple Black (1928-2014)

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Earlier this week the world celebrated William Shakespeare's 450th birthday.  The Bard of Avon was born on April 23, 1564. In the mid...
Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Marriage equality and freedom of thought are not incompatible

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Affirming their “unwavering commitment to civic and legal equality, including marriage equality,” a diverse group of activists, advocates, l...