The American Bar Association (ABA) is an interesting organization, at least for a Republican and card-carrying member of the Federalist Society. There are not many of us in the ranks. At least not public about it.
During the course of the last few years I’ve had the opportunity to meet many a great legal practitioner [...]
We have nowhere to go … at least not within most of Northern Virginia. Taxes keep going up. Federal, state, and local. This past week the Fairfax County government agreed to increase property taxes. What about the Republicans?
Just one of three Republicans on the Fairfax County county board opposed the increase, [...]
The following Guest Dispatch comes to us from Arthur Freyre, Esq. in Miami, Florida. Arthur raises several great points on recent events worth pondering. Not sure why though he dings the great Mark Levin. If you live in Washington, DC as long as I have, folks would be clamoring for more radio hosts like Levin. [...]
Official political Washington, DC is politically tone deaf. The left really wants comprehensive immigration reform. This should alert conservatives, and the GOP generally, to proceed with caution.
Frankly, how much more reason do we need than the Boston terror attacks to focus on incremental reform of our immigration system? As Frank Gaffney penned last week,
If you’ve read these pages since we started the blog in 2007, you know that I’m no fan of ethnic-based politics. Especially not for the Republican Party. Search for “ethnic” or “Hispanic” and you’ll see why. I read that RNC Growth & Opportunity Project report. Again. I’m more convinced than the first time that [...]
Cuba’s Raul Castro announced this weekend that he was going to retire … in five years. He can always change his mind and likely will. Castro also promised term limits and promoted younger folks to senior positions in Cuba’s only political entity, the Communist Party of Cuba. This was nothing more that a political sideshow [...]
Over at the Bacon’s Rebellion blog yesterday, I read an interesting post by James Bacon on economic development in Virginia. It is well worth a read. Then come back here. It reminded me of a subject I’ve been studying for several years now, the North/South divide in Virginia politics.
If you spend [...]
At our law firm, we help clients deal with complex business transactions that are affected by federal regulations in very select practice areas. It seems like every year the regulatory superstate keeps generating more and more rules. Ultimately you, the consumer, will end up paying more for a good or service because of it.
Every [...]
It grates, right down to my adult bones, when I hear folks in my political party pandering to Americans of Hispanic descent on the immigration issue. I’m a first generation American. Immigration has never been a core issue for me. Beyond border security and enforcing current laws, we should not be tinkering with an already [...]
It seems that events in Richmond keep taking a more partisan tinge. Harsh at times. Most of it not based in political reality. And, as I penned yesterday, increasingly ethnic focused. This is bad on all counts. If you want to move product you need less rhetoric, more substance.
Along similar lines, D.J. [...]
Whether red-baiting or race-baiting or [insert your issue here]-baiting, it all makes for bad politics. In turn, bad politics makes for bad policy. And, bad news too.
Consider this headline from a recent Roanoke Times article, “Don’t believe Senate GOP looks out for blacks“. Really? Absolutely not necessary. The Virginia Republican party [...]
A lot of folks in Virginia have no idea that the Commonwealth has large deposits of uranium. It can be a very lucrative money maker for Virginia. The thing is, the Virginia government says it cannot be mined. You can explore it, but not extract it. At least not yet.
The Virginia Assembly has taken [...]
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