All Entries in the "Guest Editorial" Category
Guest editorial: The Boston SWAT party
The Boston SWAT party by Chet Nagle In his recent Ohio State commencement speech, President Obama soothed graduates by telling them not to pay attention to what they have heard, not to fear government, and to reject the idea that “tyranny is always lurking just around the corner. Was he worried the grads had seen [...]
Is heartbeat legislation constitutional?
by Steven Lopez Many of you may have read that the North Dakota legislature passed new regulations that would protect unborn babies the minute a heartbeat is detected. This is important because almost every surgical abortion (1.2 million annually) is performed on a baby with a beating heart and developing brain. That’s 3,287 innocent victims [...]
Unmasked: Charles Battig deconstructs Albemarle County Comp Plan
Analysis of Comprehensive Plan Draft March 2013 Version Prepared by Charles Battig March 23, 2013 (Sections of the original Comprehensive Plan Document (CPD) are copied together with my associated comments following my introductory General Comments) Disclaimer: I have received no payment for preparing this analysis. However, my taxes have funded the salaries of those County [...]
Guest editorial: Chris Dumler’s UVa love connection
by G. Francis Mullins Last October, Chris Dumler, a Democrat from Scottsville and a member of the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors, was arrested on felony charges of forcible sodomy. On January 31, 2013, Dumler plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge of sexual battery. Because of the plea deal, Supervisor Dumler was able to maintain [...]
Guest editorial: It’s not the bullets, baby
It’s not the bullets, baby by Chet Nagle In 2008 candidate Obama said, “We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives we’ve set. We’ve got to have a civilian national security force that is just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.” Listen to it. [link: [...]
John Douglass: Embodiment of a ruined election system
by David Swanson In April I had a chat with Democratic Congressional candidate John Douglass who had just about wrapped up his party’s nomination for Congress here in Virginia’s Fifth District. Douglass is a retired Brigadier General, a former Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and a former deputy U.S. military representative to the NATO Military [...]
No October Surprises, please
by Chet Nagle The Obama administration is accused of failing to protect the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, and of failing to rescue American diplomats being murdered by Islamist terrorists. Guilty on both counts only weeks before the election, the White House is now planning an “October Surprise” to make the president look tough. Maybe [...]
Guest editorial: Vain conservatives and worthless liberals
Vain conservatives and worthless liberals by Tim Griffith I’ve finally figured out how & why the conservatives don’t exercise their power. Let’s be clear, the Conservatives have always had the only “power” that exists.It is nothing more than a simple case of vanity that keeps them from exercising it. They want to be seen in [...]
Avoiding graphic images: Abortion and the Cross
by Steven Lopez At a recent 40 Days for Life event, Jammey Tellier showed up with the image of Malachi – a baby whose life was stolen at 21 weeks. The local community struggled to deal with that image as did many pro lifers. And it’s an excellent teaching opportunity. One mother said, “I want [...]
Guest editorial: Whither US foreign policy…?
by Alan Swinger Since the Obama Administration has defaulted to a Foreign Policy of Disengagement, the United States is rapidly heading for the ash heap of irrelevance. Just look at some of the recent events that are indicative of this abrogation of our position of pre-eminence in the world: - Radical Islamist riots in Cairo [...]
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