Kristina Nohe
Kristina Nohe is a political activist, adoption advocate, and homeschooling mom who is proud to be from Prince William County but does not suffer fools lightly or quietly. She was involved in Republican politics for over twenty years, was a member of RPV State Central Committee, and is a graduate of the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership Program. She currently is a PhD student in American history at George Mason University.
Election Season Closing Argument
A Youngkin win may help cure the superiority complex plaguing many on the left and help them learn that to change minds one must lead with their heart and not their wagging finger. A McAuliffe win would be the bitter pill that needs to be swallowed to keep the heat turned up in the hopes that the Republican Party can survive.
Virginia’s Exhausted
All too often in the past few elections, voting has felt more like going to watch a co-worker’s kid’s school play than a production of Hamilton, obligatory suffering that must be endured rather than relished.
The Blame Is Ours
Earlier this year, I wrote two recommendations for people applying to be on Virginia’s redistricting commission. Even as I wrote the letters, I knew that neither of these people had a chance of being selected. It wasn’t because they weren’t smart enough, dedicated enough, or ethical enough; it was because they weren’t partisan enough. And that is why the redistricting commission is failing.
From PA to VA: 64 Years and Not Much Has Changed
Two African-American families moved into new homes, one in Levittown, PA, and one in Virginia Beach, VA. One family was greeted by a neighbor blasting Dixie and Old Black Joe at their home, the other had monkey sounds and banjo music played anytime they left the house. The harassment of one family lasted for 3 months, the other for 5 years. Can you tell which was in 1957 and which was in 2021?
23 Years Ago Today My Friend Matt Shepard Died
This issue is not political but personal. It changes from one to the other the moment someone you love says two simple words: “I’m gay.”
The More Things Change: Reading 1984 in 2021
While Big Brother, the omnipresent government idol who is the face of the Party in Oceania, is the aspect of the novel that most people remember from their high school English class, the real genius of the novel is in its dissection of how those in power can warp and control the thoughts of their members.
Southlake: a review
The podcast series Southlake focuses on a town of the same name and a period of about 2 years in which this North Texas town has a racial reconning that starts with the defacement of a park memorial to a beloved African American citizen and follows through to its current battles regarding CRT.
Teaching Government to Jaded Teens
I was shocked when the one thing my students could agree upon was the need for a strong, unbending, authoritative government that forces people to do right. When I asked if they trusted democracy to keep us off the path of self-destruction, they universally said that they didn’t.
The Southern Strategy Goes to School
Critical Race Theory is not being taught in any elementary, middle, or high school in Virginia. However, across the Commonwealth, school boards are being asked to prove a negative, and when they can’t, because one cannot prove a negative, that is used as irrefutable proof that the schools are hiding something. It is a self-created political sleight of hand.
A Vote Against Truth
We were once a shining city on a hill, but men and women with spades of deceit and shovels of lies have dug out the foundation of our republic while they point the finger at others for sending us careening into the bottom of a ravine.
