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Without doubt, the Congress has been totally and solely obsessed with the health care issue. One can’t help but wonder whether other important government issues are being neglected. Both bodies, th...
Now, school board faces the truly tough decisions
Most Wise County supervisors have now done what they think is their duty relative to high school improvements balanced against the overall welfare of Wise County. Their vote to revise how much deb...
Most Wise County supervisors have now done what they think is their duty relative to high school improvements balanced against the overall welfare of Wise County. Their vote to revise how much deb...
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Virginia needs election reforms
We at the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia have just completed our 10th year of operating an Election Day hotline for voters, and I have two observations. First, Virginia needs to do a b...
We at the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia have just completed our 10th year of operating an Election Day hotline for voters, and I have two observations. First, Virginia needs to do a b...
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Years ago, when I was still in Congress, I pulled up one day to address a public meeting in a remote and very rural part of Indiana. The sheriff, a friend of mine, met me outside the small voluntee...
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While our small businesses often lead the nation out of recession, that has not been the case this time — and least not so far. The national unemployment rate jumped to 10.2 percent in October fro...
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The Santa Train is coming, and while that's been an ongoing announcement for 67 years, it never fails to quicken the pulse of folks who love the excitement and the tradition of the annual event. B...
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By now you've heard all the theories why Democrat Creigh Deeds got clobbered by Republican Bob McDonnell in the Virginia governor's race, from being outspent to going too negative to being a victim...
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Concern about rising electric bills this winter is prompting a lot of folks to look at alternative ways to heat homes, or to supplement home heating systems. Did I say "concern"? Frustration, ange...
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Every once in a while we get a peek at someone who goes beyond the headlines and offers up something more like sense and sensibility. No, I'm not writing Jane Austen visits Virginia. More like Aus...
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My father, Glenn Roberts Sr., should have, by now, been inducted into the National Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass. In 1978, when it became apparent that Glenn was terminally ill, ove...