As we enter the final days of the longest presidential campaign season in history, polls indicate that the race is tightening. In spite of the last minute waffling of a handful of voters, the reality is that the GOP will need a miracle to pull off a victory. McCain’s projected defeat represents another lost opportunity [...]
The street we live on is famous throughout the Roanoke Valley for being a great place for trick or treaters. It’s the kind of place parents drop off kids by the carload from other parts of town. Residents of the two block stretch of Stanley Avenue between 24th and 26th street will have upwards [...]
Yesterday I wrote about the son of Senator Ted Stevens making a lucrative career out of trading on his father’s name. The case of Ben Stevens is remarkable since he truly had nothing to offer his clients other than access to his dad. In return for this access, he was paid millions of dollars in [...]
Now that Senator Ted Stevens has been found guilty of lying about gifts from oil industry executives, it will be interesting to see whether federal prosecutors will finally go after his son. As the longest serving Republican in Senate history, the 84 year old Stevens is the poster boy for political corruption. While other politicians [...]
I wrote an article in April predicting program cuts at Virginia Tech as a result of the $11 million settlement with the families of the shooting victims. Today the Roanoke Times is reportingthat the college is facing a budget shortfall and planning to cut a total of $11.2 million from academic and cooperative extension programs. [...]
Every few years a proposal is put forward to abolish the Internal Revenue Service, or to scrap the entire federal tax code and start from scratch. The plans that have received the most consideration in recent memory were the Flat Tax proposal put forth by Steve Forbes, and more recently, the Fair Tax, which was [...]
When it comes to tax policy, both of our major parties are guilty of manipulating the facts to suit their political purposes. With every election cycle, new promises are made regarding tax breaks designed to appeal to specific voting blocs or to reward favored industries. Both sides resort to hyperbolic claims that intentionally distort the [...]
Will charges of racial discrimination be taken more or less seriously if Senator Obama is elected President?
There is a major difference between voter fraud and voter registration fraud.
Back in June I wrote about my two dogs and their ongoing health concerns. If you didn’t read the original post, this probably won’t make much sense. Since that time, Grover has suffered another nearly fatal bout of pancreatitis and endured several more grand mal seizures. His massive daily dose of Phenobarbital is gradually becoming [...]