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Retiring But Not Quitting
The most common question I get these days is “how does it feel to be retired?”
What Are Worthy Virginia History Standards?
What Are Worthy Virginia History Standards?
Steps to Succession
Steps to Succession
Celebrate Earth Day Every Day
Earth Day
Believe It or Not
Believe It or Not
Not Yet Enough
Gun violence is now the leading killer of children.
Gun violence is now the leading killer of children.
Not Over Until It Is Over
Commentary
Budgets Set Policy Directions
“I predict [the conference committee compromise] will be accepted as the best compromise that can be reached at this time.”
Honest Funding of Our Schools
Commentary
Politicizing Education
As a former teacher/education program administrator for 30 years I am aware of the many wonderful, effective, and dedicated teachers there are, including two of my children and one of my grandchildren and his wife. The current effort to politicize education for personal gain saddens me.
Saving Our Planet
Saving Our Planet
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.
Much Remains To Be Done
Voting Laws
Obligation of Citizenship: To Be Informed
Commentary
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.
Much Remains To Be Done
The good old days were never as good as we sometimes make them out to have been.
Election Year Shaping Up
Election Year Shaping Up
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.”
Footprints on the Sands of Time
Maybe it’s the contemplations of my impending retirement or maybe it is because of the richness of the life I have been privileged to live that I have become more aware of and more impressed by the women and men I meet in my community and in the political arena.
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