As the former speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates and longtime representative of Stafford County, I have always viewed investment in the Commonwealth’s transportation infrastructure as critical to regional economic growth. Strong investment in infrastructure, when paired with sensible government regulation, is critical to ensuring that our economy remains strong.
Smartphones are like a drug: They battle with parents, education, and outside time, for teens’ and even middle schoolers’ attention. The average teen supposedly uses a smartphone approximately seven hours a day or more, the equivalent of nearly a full day’s work. They’re addictive but useful, time-sucking but ubiquitous among adults, teens, middle schoolers, and even some elementary school-aged children. What should parents do?
Investors thought they had reason to celebrate: A new report scores Wall Street firms on whether they put politics over their clients’ financial interests, and many...
One of the more disturbing truths I’ve begrudgingly accepted is there’s a class of individuals who will never get appropriately punished for their crimes...
THE GOP RACE AND THE "DONOR CLASS." There's a lot of media talk these days about the Republican "donor class" and its preferences in the 2024 GOP presidential race. That's natural at this stage of the contest, in part because 1) people with billions of dollars hold an outsize place in journalists' minds, 2) the political class, composed of candidates, consultants, officeholders, media, and other insiders see money as an important measure of a candidate's viability, 3) candidates kiss up to billionaires and lavish attention on them, and 4) most importantly, the voters haven't spoken yet.
Traveling around Europe this week, Li Hui, China's envoy for the war in Ukraine, detonated French President Emmanuel Macron's narrative that Beijing can be a productive partner for Ukraine-Russia peace.
Two weeks ago, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) revealed that California’s budget deficit was higher than estimated. Now, the state’s Legislative Analyst’s Office says even Newsom’s new budget that accounted for that fact is not affordable.
