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Guest editorial: America: A Christian nation?

Guest editorial: America: A Christian nation?

America: A Christian Nation? by Hank Martin There appears increasingly these days, the question as to whether or not America is a Christian nation. While there was little doubt or debate about this until the early twentieth century, the question seems to be growing in both intensity and discussion. The question was brought to the [...]

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Guest editorial: You have been blessed; now bless others

Guest editorial: You have been blessed; now bless others

You have been blessed; now bless others by Sarah Walls Mathis (age 13 years) “Ain’t I a woman? Look at me. I have plowed, and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain’t I a woman? I could work as much and eat as much as a man – when [...]

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Guest editorial: Tom Perriello’s question of conscience

Guest editorial: Tom Perriello’s question of conscience

Tom Perriello’s question of conscience by Steve Lopez In 2008 Congressman Tom Perriello was interviewed by 1070 WINA talkshow host Rob Schilling in the run up to his Congressional race against incumbent Virgil Goode. In that interview Mr. Perriello made several statements that outlined his political philosophy. In particular Congressman Perriello focused on the question [...]

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Tom Perriello: A pro-life fraud

Tom Perriello: A pro-life fraud

Democrat Congressman Tom Perriello tells conservatives that he’s pro-life. Democrat Congressman Tom Perriello tells liberals that he’s pro-”choice.” Democrat Congressman Tom Perriello wants each of his constituents to believe that he is on their side of the abortion battle. A much as Two-faced Tom wishes it were so, he cannot maintain diametrically opposed positions on [...]

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Perverted pastor: Charlottesville clergyman says abortion “guided” by the Holy Spirit

Perverted pastor: Charlottesville clergyman says abortion “guided” by the Holy Spirit

In a communication even more perturbing than that of the “Christian” Democrat who declared, “God is neither pro-choice, nor pro-life,” a Charlottesville Presbyterian pastor has made a shocking claim: Decisions to abort a child can be guided by the Holy Spirit. The clergyman’s statement was e-mailed in reaction to a local pro-lifer’s narrative of innocent [...]

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Meet me in the stairwell: A September 11 memorial

Meet me in the stairwell: A September 11 memorial

As Americans—both collectively and individually—let us never forget the evil perpetrated against this nation on September 11, 2001. Meet Me In The Stairwell by Stacey Randall You say you will never forget where you were when you heard the news On September 11, 2001. Neither will I. I was on the 110th floor in a [...]

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Green building, brown bushes: Charlottesville’s colorblind environmental hypocrisy

Green building, brown bushes: Charlottesville’s colorblind environmental hypocrisy

For all its self-aggrandizing blather of being a “green city,” prioritizing a “more robust tree canopy,” and invoking environmental sustainability, practically speaking, Charlottesville city is pulling emerald wool over our eyes. Consider CAT’s (Charlottesville Area Transit) “new green facility” (aka the green goddess)—a modern marvel of LEED-certified energy efficiency goodness. So esteemed is this advanced [...]

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Bird brained: “Chicken Tom” Perriello ducks debate with Jeff Clark

Bird brained: “Chicken Tom” Perriello ducks debate with Jeff Clark

Tom Perriello is a man well known for personal and public hypocrisy. He claims to be “Catholic,” yet he supports abortion “rights.” He claims to be fiscally frugal, yet he votes in favor of ObamaCare and for the massive energy tax known as Cap and Trade. He claims to “represent” the people of Virginia’s Fifth [...]

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Thorpe speaks: Perriello taken to the woodshed

Thorpe speaks: Perriello taken to the woodshed

On Monday, August 2, 2010, Congressman Tom Perriello was given a long overdue whupping, not by his mother, but by Carole Thorpe, chair of the Jefferson Area Tea Party. At the evening press conference, Ms. Thorpe along with Alex Cortes of DefundIt.org and Dr. Gary Helmbrecht took turns taking Perriello to task for breaking his [...]

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Guest editorial: Convicting social justice

Guest editorial: Convicting social justice

Convicting Social Justice by Josh Lambert As a graduate of the University of Virginia, I have spent the past three years of my life listening to professors and students sing the praises of a concept I am sure we are all familiar with: Social Justice.  Intellectual after intellectual has told me that the pursuit of [...]

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