We Inspire, But Do We Aspire?

Two stories caught our eye today, as we woke from our Thanksgiving nap.
In the Philippines, Ismael Mangudadatu successfully filed his candidate certificate for governor.  So what’s the big deal?
Monday, a caravan of vehicles carrying 57 people, including Mangudadatu’s wife, two sisters, supporters and journalists were massacred and their bodies dumped into mass graves in an [...]

Don’t Even Talk About Health Care!

That’s what they’re saying. That’s what 40 unanimous Republican Senators, and any Democratic or “independent” Senator who might join them, are saying today by voting against even debating the Senate health care reform bill. We don’t want to talk about it.
These grown men and women are saying that the prospect of providing health insurance [...]

Who Would Jesus Assassinate?

Once again, the so-called “christian” right has it wrong.  Now, along with t-shirts portraying President Obama as The Joker or as Chairman Mao, you can buy bumper stickers, coffee mugs and t-shirts (even teddy bears!) with the seemingly innocent message “Pray for Obama:  Psalm 109:8.”
What’s wrong with urging people to pray for our President, you [...]

Deal or No Deal?

Tom Perriello is the first-term Democratic Congressman from the Charlottesville area of Virginia.  He voted for the Democratic health care plan.  Just as he promised when he ran against die-hard conservative 5th District incumbent Virgil Goode last year, and won by fewer than 800 votes.
Not only did he keep his promise, Perriello did some other [...]

Can “Virginia Beach’s Own” Prevent Drowning?

Another morning in Hampton Roads.  The Midtown Tunnel is closed.  The Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel is backed up, although a VDOT spokeswoman cheerfully denied the video evidence on TV and maintained that the system is “flowing beautifully.”  High Street, Crawford Parkway, and other access roads to the Portsmouth Naval Hospital, courts, and municipal buildings are [...]

Go Ahead, Jump

Here’s Glenn Nye’s campaign website on health care before the election:
The American health care system offers the best care available in the world, the best trained doctors and highest quality technology. We must make that system accessible and affordable so all Americans can enjoy good medical care. We need to ensure that all Americans [...]

Every Vote Counts!

Don’t think your vote makes a difference?  Ever get so cynical you just want to write in “none of the above?”
Well, we hope you didn’t do that in the 21st House District race in Virginia Beach.  Democratic Incumbent Delegate Bobby Mathieson and Republican challenger Ron Villanueva were separated by just 16 votes out of 15, [...]

McDonnell vs. Deeds: It Matters

If Bob McDonnell wins the Governor’s Mansion in Virginia, he’s told us what he’ll do. Words matter, and even though McDonnell says his views have changed since he wrote his Christian Broadcasting Network Law School thesis, he hasn’t said HOW they’ve changed. They might have gotten much worse.
McDonnell called the separation of church [...]