Out with the old…Thank God
For the most part, Amy and I will not be sad to see 2010 depart us. This has been one hell of a year: my mother’s declining health, broken hip and eventual move to an assisted living facility; the discovery that I have been walking around for 35 years with a degenerating spinal cord that [...]
I carry a weapon under Virginia’s liberal concealed carry law. I could carry one openly as well under the Old Dominion’s equally-liberal open carry rules but that’s a story for another day. I’m a gun owner. Have been one most of my life. I grew up in a family of hunters. I support the right [...]
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If you can believe the talking heads who claim to be “meteorologists” on television, we’re headed for a warming trend where snow and ice will melt, draits will disappear and mud will replace slush when rain moves into the area over the weekend. But believing that depends on accepting the concept that these folks with [...]
Continue reading …George Allen:racist enough for the tea party but too moderate otherwise
December 28, 2010 2 Comments
George Allen, the former Virginia Senator of macaca fame and a heavily racist past, wants back in the Senate. And he extremists and tea partiers who now the see the Republican Party as their personal playground after the 2010 mid-term election victories, want a Republican back in the Senate. There’s just one problem: The Republican [...]
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Yep. That’s wind you hear howling outside the door this morning. High wind warnings from the National Weather Service include: The wind warning covers Alleghany; Bath; Bland; Botetourt; Carroll; City of Buena Vista; City of Covington; City of Galax; City of Lexington; City of Radford; City of Roanoke; City of Salem; Clifton Forge; Craig; Floyd; [...]
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Gov. Bob McDonnell has a message for all of us: If you don’t have to go out, stay off the roads and don’t leave home. Give the Virginia Department of Transportation a chance to clear the roads. Given VDoT‘s record of service since the agency’s reorganization earlier this year, we we could we talking weeks [...]
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Mason Adams at The Roanoke Times has a good profile of outgoing Congressman Rick Boucher who is leaving Congress after 28 years representing the “Fighting Ninth” of Southwestern Virginia. Writes Adams: For 28 years, U.S. Rep. Rick Boucher divided his time between the mountains of Southwest Virginia and the ornate buildings on Capitol Hill. By [...]
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Of the many last-minute pieces of legislation passed by the Congress in the “lame duck” session following the mid-term elections the one of the most historical significance may be repeal of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” rule that allowed the U.S. military to ban military personnel who open admitted being gay. The ban on homosexuals [...]
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This winter is already looking a bit too familiar, too much like the winter from hell that brought the area to a halt for much of last year. The major snowstorm rushing up the East Coast will dump up to 20 inches on some areas of the northeast. Fortunately, the brunt of this one will [...]
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Amy, my brother and I spent an important Christmas with my mother at her assisted-living facility today — a bittersweet celebration tinged with the reality of her increasingly declining health. It is both heartwarming and enjoyable to see her eyes light up when she opens a gift for herself but also heartbreaking when you realize [...]
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