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Former Rep. Tom Davis, a Republican who represented Virginia, has drawn criticism for his backing of extremist candidate EW Jackson in upcoming 2013 race for his state's Lieutenant Governorship. Although, the corporate media would just prefer to call him a moderate and, well, let's all go home. Nothing to see here.

On Sunday, former Secretary of Defense Bob Gates dismissed critics of the Obama administration for not doing more to respond to the attack on our consulate in Benghazi as having a "cartoonish impression of military capabilities and military forces."

It seems like a simple proposition: give employees who work more than 40 hours a week the option of taking paid time off instead of overtime pay. The choice already exists in the public sector. Federal and state workers can save earned time off and use it weeks or even months later to attend a parent-teacher conference, care for an elderly parent or deal with home repairs.

Republicans in Congress are pushing legislation that would extend that option to the private sector. They say that would bring more flexibility to the workplace and help workers better balance family and career.

An Air Force officer who led the branch's Sexual Assault Prevention and Response unit has been charged with groping a woman in a northern Virginia parking lot, authorities said Monday.

The FBI has begun looking at the relationship between Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and the chief executive of a nutritional supplements manufacturer that is the subject of an investigation, two people with knowledge of the review said.

According to the Virginia Public Access Project, a nonprofit tracker of money in Virginia politics, Williams has given McDonnell's political action committee nearly $80,000 and gave his 2009 campaign for governor $28,584. It also shows McDonnell receiving personal gifts totaling $7,382 from the company in 2012.

The Board of Governors of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) issued a statement Wednesday confirming the conclusion by Congressman Gerry Connolly and the U.S. Government Accountability Office that USPS lacks the legal authority to cut mail delivery from six-to-five days.

The "intertubes" have been abuzz with Crazy Cooch stories. He's so taken by the subject of sodomy laws that he wants the courts to revisit and reverse previous rulings  on the subject.  He doesn't even respect the SCOTUS which has long been dominated by (duh!) his side.  The man is whacked. Ooops, sorry, no pun intended. Nothing I am about to say should discourage  anyone's keeping Crazy Cooch's idiocies front and center e

Today, American Bridge launched Ken on the Issues, which they describe as "a tool to educate voters on Cuccinelli's extreme views on everything from sexual orientation and climate change to Medicare and reproductive freedom." The following statements, here (click to "embiggen") and on the "flip," show tha

From DPVA Chair Charniele Herring:Continue reading...

The following statement is from the Democratic Party of Virginia, referencing the Washington Blade story, "Cuccinelli challenges Va. sodomy ruling." The guy is utterly incorrigible, in addition to several other choice adjectives I can think of.Even as he attempts to torpedo transportation legislation, fend off broad condemnation over his conflict of interest with Star Scientif

From the Mark Herring for Attorney General campaign (note: that's Mark Obenshain pictured to the far right, appropriately enough, of the screen):Continue reading...

Several weeks ago, I interviewed Barbara Kanninen, who is challenging Arlington County School Board incumbent James Lander for his seat on the board. This was the firs time I'd ever sat down for an extended conversation with James Lander, and I definitely was impressed with his knowledge of, passion for, and commitment to public education in general, and the Arlington County school system specifically. Here a