All That I Want

While traveling back from Bridgewater, VA on Sunday, for some reason I began to think about Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms speech.  For those who don’t recall, these four freedoms are:  freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom from want, and freedom from fear.  As he put it in his State of the Union address [...]

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Virginia vs. Obamacare

Of course you’ve heard the news by now.  House of Representatives narrowly pass Obamacare.  “Pro-life” Democrats abandon principles for the sake of party.  Americans will soon be forced to buy health insurance, etc.  Needless to say, I not pleased by this vast increase in federal government power.  Unfortunately, with each passing administration we surrender more [...]

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A Message from Rep. Forbes

So as I’m skimming through my inbox, I come across my now fairly regular email from Congressman Forbes.  As I stated in a previous post, I’ve appreciated the Representative’s emails and I expected today’s to be of interest.  After reading the message, what caught my eye was not the body, but the introduction.  Normally, most [...]

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26th House of Delegates Seat Up For Grabs!

In a fairly breaking development, my Delegate, Matt Lohr has accepted a position as Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.  With this arrangement, Delegate Lohr will be resigning his seat in the General Assembly likely within a month or two.  This departure will trigger a special election in which the citizens [...]

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A Sign of The Times

I recently read on hburgnews.com that the mayor of Harrisonburg, Kai Degner, was looking to create a new publication, the Harrisonburg Times.  I’m sure that my initial reaction was much the same as yours.  The mayor wants to run a newspaper?  Wouldn’t such a periodical be little more than a propaganda mill?  Although government control [...]

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Courting the Libertarian Vote

While at the Cato Institute, I picked up an interesting article entitled, “The Libertarian Vote in the Age of Obama”.  Not only does it explain and predict libertarian voter trends, it also shows the number of libertarian voters is much higher than one would expect (small “l”, not necessarily members of the Libertarian Party).  They [...]

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Why Farm Subsidies Must End

Guest post by Brent The United States government is currently heavily involved in domestic agriculture. Intervention in domestic agriculture by the United States is not justified. I believe government intervention in the agriculture market is resulting in more harm than benefit and a market-based environment would lead to more favorable outcomes for the agriculture market [...]

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Constitutional Legislation?

For the last several months, I have receiving emails from the office of Representative J. Randy Forbes (VA-4).  Although I don’t recall ever signing up on one of his lists, I have appreciated the opportunity to learn more about Congressman Forbes, his priorities, and his legislation.  I must say, the more I read the more [...]

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The Race for the 6th District: Part II

While sifting through a backlog of email, I came across this email concerning the race for the Sixth District Chairman position from Trixie Averill from a couple weeks ago and wanted to share its message with you. Dear GOP Friends, Compatriots, and Colleagues, It is with great excitement and humility that I announce to you [...]

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The Race for the 6th District

While other several other congressional districts decide who will be their Republican nominee for the House of Representatives, here in the 6th District we have an important decision to make as well.  Obviously Bob Goodlatte will be our candidate of choice.  But who will be the new 6th District Chairman?  For a little while, the [...]

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