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Clarence Franklin Osborne was 27 years old when killed in action in the final weeks of World War II and was buried in the U.S. Military Cemetery in St. Avold, France. His body was later returned to ...
Originally published June 16, 2021. Good was voted out as 5th Congressional District representative in 2024, replaced by John McGuire. Virginia’s freshman congressman from the 5th District voted ...
WHEREAS, the Republican Party of Virginia wishes to recognize Polly Yager Campbell, a lifelong Republican who dedicated more than 50 years as a volunteer for the Party and many candidate campaigns, ...
I miss the department stores of downtown Richmond from years past. The Nordstroms and Macys of the day were Miller & Rhoads and Thalhimer’s, multi-story buildings that faced Broad and Grace Streets ...
As I was growing up, a tradition in our family was for my parents to give us ornaments each year from places they had traveled. My husband and I continued the tradition with our children … so we have ...
In 1897, eight-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon asked her father if there was really a Santa Claus. He suggested she write to The Sun, a prominent New York newspaper because, as he said, “If you see it in ...
“I no longer feel confident predicting political events here. Economic policy? I feel good about using bandwidth.” – Yours truly, literally less than a week ago. “Just when I thought I was out, they ...
Vice President Kamala Harris – the current Democratic nominee for president – announced her selection for running mate/successor today: Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. The deep-dive on Walz’s tenure as ...
This was from my endorsement of President Biden’s re-election just under four months ago: There will be, at most, six candidates on the presidential ballot here in Virginia (or anywhere else): ...
“That is stupid idea 101.” – James Carafano, Heritage Foundation (yes, that Heritage Foundation) on the notion of splitting the Putin and Xi axis. It will surprise no one to know that Carafano and I ...
I learned a new phrase this week: Gish gallop. Thank you, Dr. Heather Cox Richardson. In her June 27 “Letters from an American,” she recapped that night’s first Presidential debate between Democratic ...
[Editor’s note: June 28, 2024, a date will live in the annals of history after the overwhelmingly conservative Supreme Court struck down obstruction charges used for hundreds of January 6 insurrection ...