Dem Bones

Friends, I must regretfully, but hopefully temporarily, discontinue Dem Bones . This past week, I was offered a wonderful job opportunity, ...

I normally don't blog on Letters to the Editor, but I wanted to make a quick exception. Today the Danville Register & Bee ran thre...

Here is a Goode speech he gave in Franklin County at the beginning of the month. He mainly hits on government spending, cap and trade, and,...

Given the storm of blog posts, though diminishing in pace and volume, I can't - and shouldn't have to - respond to all the claims be...

Another day of developments. Let's get to them. Yesterday I mentioned that a tea party meme was emerging within the district, and toda...

Over this past weekend it appears that a tea party narrative has been forming: Rep. Perriello will do everything in his power - even utilize...

The Wall Street Journal has this article on the overall reaction to Perriello's ACES vote. As it is several weeks late, the article d...

The Center for American Progress released a rather convincing study proposing that the culture wars, because of trending demographics, will...

The Roanoke Times has a great political cartoon on Rep. Perriello's ACES vote and the ensuing reaction from the tea partiers. Good cat...

The Roanoke Times did a short profile piece on Bradley Rees, Republican congressional candidate, a couple days ago. Of note, Bradley Ree...

Yesterday, two of Pres. Obama's Cabinet Secretaries, Secretaries Chu (Energy) and Vilsack (Agriculture) visited Pittslyvania County as ...

The Wall Street Journal has an article suggesting that there might be a new frontline for the culture wars in public school. Historically...

Here are the fundraising numbers for Southside House of Delegates races, with continued interest in the 58th district race ( Bell vs Neff ...

Former Rep. Virgil Goode has been saying for weeks now that he is close to making an official announcement about running for his old seat ag...

Since Rep. Perriello's vote on ACES, there has been a deluge of television ads within our district both supporting ( 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ) an...

Robert Wright has a great post dismantling the surprisingly hawkish foreign policy of the New Atheists. Wright begins: It must strike prog...

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Ralph Reed is starting a new brand of the Christian Coalition. Money quote: “This is not goi...

When cheetos attack : Authorities said a couple got into a fight using Cheetos. The Bedford County [Tennessee] Sheriff's Department said...

Last winter, I wrote : [Compared to the President Bush, the US-Vatican] relationship is likely to change under the Obama Administration as, ...

The Vatican's newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano , gave positive ratings for the new Harry Potter movie, Harry Potter and the Half-Bl...