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Listen to the Young People
Listen to the Young People
Celebration of Our True Beginnings
Celebration of Our True Beginnings
Obligation of Citizenship: To Be Informed
Commentary
Column: General Assembly Session Nears Adjournment
General Assembly
Rights Bring Obligations
Virginia Code Section 22.1-201 states ”To increase knowledge of citizens' rights and responsibilities thereunder and to enhance the understanding of Virginia's unique role in the history of the United States, the Declaration of American Independence, the general principles of the Constitution of the United States, including the Bill of Rights, the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom, the charters of the Virginia Company of April 10, 1606, May 23, 1609, and March 12, 1612, and the Virginia Declaration of Rights shall be thoroughly explained and taught by teachers to pupils in public elementary, middle, and high schools.”
Reinventing American Democracy
The 250th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution of the United States is fast approaching. We can celebrate being the oldest constitutional democracy in the world. Our form of government, however, is under undue stresses that cause many to worry as to whether we can show the same resiliency of the past going forward in the next century.
Column: Getting Down to Work
Richmond house activities
The First To Blink
The Virginia General Assembly adjourned sine die back in June of this year when the work of the legislature was complete with one notable exception: a mid-point revision of the biennium budget on which the House, Senate, and Governor could not agree had gone to a conference committee that could not agree on its final form.
Budgets Set Policy Directions
“I predict [the conference committee compromise] will be accepted as the best compromise that can be reached at this time.”
Column: Needless Government Meddling
Plum column
Virginia’s Natural Beauty
Virginia’s Natural Beauty
Examining the Hysteria Over School Test Scores
Test Scores
Column: Inherently Divisive Concepts
Concepts
General Assembly Convenes
Abortion, voting rights, gun safety: 2023 session is expected to be extremely busy.
Opinion
Column: Environmental Issues Take Back Seat
Environmental
Apples, Oranges, and Cherries
Apples, Oranges, and Cherries
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