Representative Duncan Hunter (R-CA) was on The Drudge Report yesterday due to his opposition to a plan by the United States Navy to name a new Lewis and Clark class cargo ship in honor of labor leader Cesar Chavez: The decision, announced Tuesday, “appear[s] to be more about making a political statement than upholding the […]

I had planned on doing this post on Monday, but unfortunately, was busy and did not get the opportunity. There has always been a running joke in my family when someone would complain about the quality of a particular television program, someone would respond with “vast wasteland”. For those unfamiliar with the origin of the […]

The proposed redistricting plan for the Virginia House of Delegates is out and it has a pretty major change in it for the southern portion of the county. While the Port Royal precinct and the Bowling Green district stay in the 99th and the Woodford precinct stays in the 54th, everyone else will now be […]

Editor’s Note: Another guest blog from “notgilbertshelton”: In my previous blog post, I did not touch on all the comments made during the Planning Commission meeting due to the length of the article. I want to continue and discuss a few more. After being assured by that infamous multi-named poster from Bowling Green, Paul Reilly/oharascarlett/nativetxlady/Jason […]

On March 21, 1861, Confederate States of American Vice President Alexander Stephens gave a speech outlining the changes to the Confederacy’s constitution. A portion of the speech is below, read the whole thing: But not to be tedious in enumerating the numerous changes for the better, allow me to allude to one other though last, […]

Editor’s note: On March 16, 2011 the Caroline County Planning Commission had a public hearing regarding a proposed special exception permit to allow the extraction of sand and gravel at Black Marsh Farm in Skinkers Neck in northern Caroline County. Here is a guest commentary from “notgilbertshelton” since I have been too busy to write […]

County Population: 28,545 Ideal Board of Supervisors district size (population / 5): 5,709 (districts need to be within 10% to survive Justice Department review and any possible court challenges) Current District Population: Bowling Green district 4,641 Madison district 9,818 Mattaponi district 4,988 Port Royal district 4,435 Reedy Church district 4,663 Not many surprises there, Madison […]

I started off the new semester of Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) by marveling at the outright government waste that makes up their spending decisions. The university, in its infinite wisdom, decided to replace a large number of desks that were used for student seating. Now, while a modest number of seats were broken and in […]

But it’s almost over: And if you were wondering, yes, that’s Courteney Cox in the video.