D.J. McGuire
D.J. is an Adjunct Faculty Instructor in Economics at Tidewater Community College, a cost estimator, and a self-described progressive conservative. He has said the political spectrum "has thrown me around like a Martian Congressional Republic Navy vessel dropping into combat maneuvers from a 3g burn with no crash couch."
Kaine and Warner Help Their Party by Accident With Gorsuch Filibuster
The two Virginia Senators, by forcing the demise of the Supreme Court nominee filibuster, have ensured an easier campaign for Democrats in 2020, not that they would recognize the reason, or like it.
One Week After Visiting Newport News, Trump Whacks Major Employer in Region
He spoke. He left. He wants to cancel a $500 million contract.
COPN Reform Dies in State Senate, Again
The Republican-controlled State Senate preserves a health care market regulation regime so restrictive that Barack Obama opposed it as president.
Questions for Messrs. Northam and Perriello
While the fellow across the Potomac at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue may appear to be sucking all the oxygen out of the room, there are issues in the Commonwealth that need attention.
It’s Time to Change the Statue Statute
Banning localities from removing statues is Richmond’s tyranny on localities, and the past’s tyranny on the present. Neither are proper responses to presentism, no matter what presentism itself may get wrong.
Yesterday’s President Defeats Yesterday’s Opposition on Sessions Vote
Is no one in Washington aware that this is the 21st Century?
Meanwhile on Trade, a New Error Dawns
Donald Trump has been wrong on international trade for decades. Now with the power of the Oval Office behind him, his mistakes will actually be damaging.
The Obama Legacy
The 44th President of the United States was far better about asking questions than seeking answers. That led to friction at home and cataclysm abroad.
Jeffersoniad Gets COPN and Health Care Completely Backwards
Perhaps it should be renamed the Hamiltoniad.
Theresa May Criticism of Obama is a Warning to Democrats
This was supposed to be a dramatic moment for the Administration on the Middle East. It turned out to be so much less.
