The Founders and Atticus Finch
We can still look to Washington, Jefferson, Madison, and Finch as heroes—flawed mortals who did noble work and made America (or Maycomb, Alabama) better—without endorsing their personal prejudices. No doubt, 200 years from now, our own descendants will look back at us with shock at some of the things we believe today, so we should be careful only to measure judgment with the same mete by which we ourselves are prepared to be measured.
Virginia Democrats: End the hypocrisy. Rename the “Jefferson-Jackson” Dinner
Bearing Drift calls on the Democrats to at least be consistent
Religious Freedom: A Virginia Tradition Like No Other
It was on this day in 1786 that the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom was enacted. It was this Virginia statute, authored by Thomas Jefferson, that became the basis of our First Amendment religious freedom protections (a fact that I and every other Virginian you will meet are very proud of).
But are we, as a nation in general and this Administration specifically, really protecting religious liberty?
Everything you think you know about nullification is wrong
It was more pilloried than praised at its inception. It was more prevalent in the North than in the South before the Civil War. It has survived to this very day.
This Day in Virginia History: Drama at UVA’s Board of Visitors, 1825 style
On Mar 4, 1825, the University of Virginia’s Board of Visitors met for the final time in a special session before opening its doors to the student body. Here they established the curriculum for the school of law — with no law professor in sight.
July 4, 2012 … American Independence, Virginia, and Staunton
American flags against a cloudy Shenandoah Valley sky. It’s the anniversary of America’s independence and in Staunton, as in other…
Daily Progress Calls Founding Fathers Un-American
American history, at least before the Russian Revolution is no friend to the LGBT movement, and hijacking the founders to persuade a modern audience otherwise is, at best, deliberately ignorant.
Revolutionary War hero … June 3, 1781: Jack Jouett’s ride to warn Gov. Jefferson that British were coming
He’s been called the Paul Revere of the South but many have never heard of this Revolutionary War hero. Yet…
Happy Independence Day, Virginia
On this day in 1776, Richard Henry Lee’s instructions to delegates in the Second Continental Congress authorizing them to vote for American Independence were adopted, thereby effectively declaring independence from Great Britain.
Obama calls Sandra Fluke while continuing to ignore the family of fallen soldier TJ Conrad
Today, President Obama found the time to call feminist activist Sandra Fluke to express admiration for her demand that the taxpayers pay $3,000 per year to subsidize her sexual promiscuity, but Obama never bothered to call the family of fallen soldier T.J. Conrad.