Why Glenn Youngkin Won Virginia

by Darel E. Paul

In a race everyone expected to be close, Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe lost to multimillionaire political neophyte Glenn Youngkin by over two points. Continue Reading »

5 Nov 2021

Tourists at a Tragedy

by Russell E. Saltzman

Vacation this year took us to Fredericksburg, Virginia just to see a ridge known as Marye’s Heights. It was there, December, 13, 1862, that a Union brigade of II Corps attacked the Confederate left, two thousand entrenched Rebels positioned behind a four-foot high stone wall bordering a narrow lane. Enhanced here and there by field fortifications, the wall was a perfect defense. Originally known as Telegraph Road, the lane was forever after called the Sunken Road. Continue Reading »

30 Jul 2015

Frank Wolf: An Appreciation

by George Weigel

For the first time since 1978, Frank Wolf’s name will not appear on the November ballot in Virginia’s Tenth Congressional District. The Republic will be the poorer for that. Continue Reading »

29 Oct 2014