Virginia Republicans are set to recapture the State Senate in a near triumph. With Virginia’s proximity to Washington, gasoline north of $3.50/gal, and Biden 12 points underwater according to the latest aggregate polling, there is precious little light at the end of the tunnel for Virginia Democrats if conventional wisdom is any indicator. If the […]
There’s a reason why public officials are called to order, not chaos. Robert’s Rule of Order (RONR) is not designed to be a cudgel, nor does it exist for its own sake, but rather it exists to order and facilitate decision-making processes by those empowered to make such decisions — elected officials, unit committees, or non-profit […]
Is anyone else tired of stupid governing our politics? Don’t we have better things to do? One of the things that surprised me with the launch of the Fredericksburg Advance is that our politics are much more polarized than they were just 10 years ago. The number of letters were few, but pointed enough to express shock […]
Just about everyone has seen the film Dead Poets Society. The scene with John Keating, played by Robin Williams, instructing his students to rip out the pages that reduce poetry to mere mathematics is one of the more iconic moments in the film, with students relishing the opportunity to vandalize their books. Or more appropriately, pay the […]
Resisting the Partisan in Local Politics
“It is only when the people become ignorant and corrupt, when they degenerate into a populace, that they are incapable of exercising their sovereignty. Usurpation is then an easy attainment, and an usurper soon found. The people themselves become the willing instruments of their own debasement and ruin.” — President James Monroe, First Inaugural Address […]