Right makes might

With an electorate that willingly combined the words “Ken Cuccinelli” and “Attorney General,” is there any conservative candidate they wouldn’t vote for?

Dressing up

Since Halloween is right around the corner, we thought it might be a good time to revisit one of the cardinal rules of politics

Opposites attack

Remember when you used to play “opposite day” as a kid? You don’t? O.K., what about Kris Kross, those early ’90s pre-teen rappers who wore their clothes backwards—surely you remember them? No? All right, fine, whatever. The point we’re trying to make is that there are times, especially in the topsy-turvy world of politics, when […]

Will November elections bring a Democratic bloodbath, or a light rinse?

  When our illustrious ex-governor (and current head of the Democratic National Committee) Tim Kaine recently appeared on “The Daily Show,” he was probably hoping for 15 minutes of jocular banter and a few pointed jabs from the left-leaning Jon Stewart. What he got instead was the kind of intense grilling that the acerbic host […]

Does Virginia's new chief justice signal a step forward?

We’d like to kick off this edition of the Odd Dominion by offering our most sincere congratulations to Justice Cynthia Dinah Fannon Kinser, who was recently elected to serve as chief justice of the Virginia Supreme Court. This marks the first time a woman has held the post, and follows the equally historic tenure of […]