Civil rights stalwarts, politicians and academics held a requiem for the Voting Rights Act on its 61st anniversary last week, lamenting the neutering of a law that had propelled African Americans – especially in the South – into choosing their own leaders without fear of violence, murder or lesser polling place obstacles. Activists didn’t call […]
Donald Trump proclaimed on July 26 that he was going to “beat the f**king s**t out of” Iran. This was in response to an Iranian missile attack on a U.S. base in Jordan. Earlier, in his meandering April Fools’ Day speech, he had vowed to send Iran “back to the stone ages.” His incantations remind […]
COLUMBIA — Questions about the war in Iran and candidates’ general willingness to buck President Donald Trump provided some of the biggest distinctions between Republicans on stage Monday asking South Carolinians to support their bid for U.S. Senate. The winner of the special GOP primary will replace the late Sen. Lindsey Graham as the GOP […]
State Sen. Louise Lucas, the powerful Portsmouth Democrat, used $300,000 in campaign funds to contribute to her legal defense fund and hire a law firm following an FBI raid in May on her businesses in Portsmouth. That’s a sizable amount. What The Virginian-Pilot article should have noted higher in the story was that Lucas was […]
WASHINGTON D.C. - Four American troops killed during renewed fighting between the U.S. and Iran in recent weeks were no longer listed in the Pentagon’s official Iran war casualty count.
Defense ETFs are gaining attention as solid Q2 earnings, rising military spending and escalating Middle East tensions strengthen the sector's outlook.
Virginia households have paid $573 more for gas since the U.S.–Iran war began in late February, a recent congressional report found, placing them among the citizens who have experienced the highest fuel costs jump in the nation. The war involving the U.S., Israel, and Iran has disrupted energy markets and oil shipments, especially through the […]
Scholarly surveys, discussions and polls have consistently revealed a clear consensus: the leadership capacity of the founding generation — Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Franklin, Hamilton and Madison — is unrivaled by any subsequent coterie of American statesman. It is true that these same academic conversations reflect agreement that Abraham Lincoln and Franklin D. Roosevelt stand atop the list of America’s greatest presidents, with founding chief executives such as Washington and Jefferson closely on their heels, but there is, it seems, no generation of political leaders across 250 years that is comparable to those who launched the American Revolution, drafted the Declaration of Independence and wrote the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
SHREVEPORT, La. - For Allen Smith, the transition from the battlefields of Baghdad to the streets of Shreveport was meant to be a path toward healing. Instead, it brought a different kind of warfare.
(The Center Square) – The ceasefire and a potential Iranian deal could be shambles as Israel and Iran exchanged missile attacks early Monday.
