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Can political foes be personal friends?

A Republican and a Dem County Chair test a theory by Melinda Burrell Heads probably turned as we entered the red brick town house in Warrenton, Va., on a warm September morning. It happened to be the headquarters of the Fauquier County Republican Committee. Its chairman, Greg ...

The Founders warned us

That America’s Founders were brilliant men supported by equally strong women is beyond dispute. They created a framework for a new nation and a Constitution that, if obeyed, would provide protection from big government and ensure individual liberty on a scale unknown in the world at that ...

Are your elected officials principled or stubborn?

by Megan Rawlins Woods As I watched the debt ceiling standoff between Republican lawmakers and President Joe Biden over the last several months, I returned to a question I have been contemplating for several years: What is the difference between taking a principled stand on an issue ...

Shame on us: How did we get from Coolidge to Trump and Biden?

Plymouth Notch, Vt. — One hundred years ago on Aug. 2, President Warren Harding died and Calvin Coolidge became America’s 30th president. The contrast between the two men is stark. While Harding was extremely popular with voters, later revelations doomed his presidency to the bottom ...