IRS blocks $125 million court award to Virginia
And hours after making his complaint public, the feds say the check is on its way.
Chips in the teflon
After four years of scraping, Virginia’s press corps believes it has finally chipped Gov. Bob McDonnell’s teflon. It turns out…
Cosponsor.gov is GOP effort to highlight bills through social media
Call it a bow the (temporary) ubiquity of Facebook. Or see it as a way to build a social media…
Has a District Court Ruling Blown-Up Public-Private Partnerships in Virginia?*
Last week, Bearing Drift contributor Dr. Ron Utt wrote a piece on Circuit Judge James A. Cales ruling that the…
Tis the season for attack sites
The online wars are heating up a bit more, with the Cuccinelli campaign launching a web site called “The Truth…
McAuliffe steps up his email game…with a sweepstakes offer to meet Michelle Obama
The Obama campaign used the ancient direct mail technique of the sweepstakes to great effect in 2012. It was good…
Ralph Northam has a run-in with his past
Over the weekend, a bit of controversy erupted in the otherwise uninteresting Democratic primary for lieutenant governor. it seems as…
The online lessons of 2012 — still in force for 2013
From our friends at Voter Gravity comes the following Pew Research slide show on the role technology played in the…
“Who killed the liberal arts?”
This episode of “Uncommon Knowledge” featuring Andrew Ferguson and Joseph Epstien is worth 30 minutes of your time. The topic…
Herring ad changes the rhetoric from abortion rights to birth control
The Democratic primary is just 10 days away, and the downticket candidates are busy rolling out television ads of their…