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
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...
Here are a few Virginia (and national) news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, April 3.Continue reading...
A story posted back in February on JH Politics about one of the leading Republican candidates for Virginia's next Lt. Governor should have received a lot more attention than it did. The gist of it is that a "huge chunk" of Pete Snyder's funding has come from one source - "the Ending Spending Fund, an independent Super PAC," which has "invested $235,000 in Snyder, and this is before he's even the Republican standar
Happy April Fool's Day from the Democratic Party of Virginia! (note: there's nothing funny about Cuccinelli's unethical behavior)Continue reading...
Here are a few Virginia (and national) news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, March 31.Continue reading...
After stating (at 3:45 into the audio) that he will NOT be endorsing Ken Cuccinelli in this year's gubernatorial campaign, Virginia Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling (R) talks (starting at around 4:45) about his relationship with Virginia Republicans and conservatives since he started considering a run for governor. Pop up some popcorn, because this is good! :)Continue reading...
Here are a few Virginia (and national) news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, March 30. Also, see President Obama's weekly address, in which he offers Passover and Easter greetings to America.Continue reading...
In many ways, George Mason University (GMU) is a fine school, an institution of higher learning that Virginians should be proud of. But in at least one way, it is a cringe-inducing embarrassment. That, of course, is the tremendous amount of money from the Koch brothers that goes to fund climate science denialism, to rail against environmental regulation more broadly, at GMU's far-right-wingnut Mercatus Center, described in
The following press release is from Arlington Streetcar Now. I'll have more later, but for now I'll just say that the County Board and staff thoroughly, patiently, and comprehensively answered every question about whether or not to build a streetcar, and overwhelmingly confirmed my view that this is not just the best way