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Penney ante

First off, here’s a newsflash for you: Neither Jim Gilmore nor Jim Webb is going to be president of the United States...

Beginning of the end

We’re going to kick off this week’s column with an unusual bit of product placement. Although we rarely endorse...

And away we go… Everybody back in the pool!

Ah, January in the capitol, when Virginia’s legislators swarm in from all corners of the commonwealth for the annual...

The year in rear view

Last year began, per usual, with politicians swarming the capitol for the kickoff of the General Assembly legislative...

Gun crazy

There’s no doubt that we have hobby horses we love to ride. Redistricting is a huge one, along with voter suppression...

Unsettled

You know, it takes a special kind of politician to unite elected officials from all points of the political spectrum....

It’s a wash

Well, as we predicted right before the voting commenced, Virginia’s latest round of elections ended up almost exactly...

Keys to the kingdom

Hard to believe, but yet another election is upon us, bringing with it the annual deluge of attack ads, yard signs,...

Frenemies

So here are a few things you should know about Virginia’s Senate Majority Leader Tommy Norment and Senate Minority...

The Masked Debater

Int. living room—evening A large-screen television flickers, the pale light providing the sole illumination as a thin...