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Virginia General Assembly passes bipartisan bills to legalize industrial hemp
“The United States is the largest consumer of hemp products in the world,” says Virginia libertarian activist Nicholas Cote, “but it is the only industrialized country that prohibits farmers from...
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African ambassador calls for 'peace, love, and understanding' in D.C. speech
Recalling the Nick Lowe song from the 1970s, “What's so funny about peace, love, and understanding?,” the Gabonese Ambassador to the United States argued in a recent speech that peace, love, and...
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Conservative icon Stan Evans dies at 80; remembered as 'present at the creation'
One of the founders of the modern conservative movement, M. Stanton Evans, died on March 3, 2015, at the age of 80.Evans, who lived in Leesburg, Virginia, modestly described himself as a “former...
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Lamar Alexander honored for his work promoting civics, history education
Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander (R) accepted the 2015 John M. Ashbrook Award bestowed by the Ashbrook Center at Ashland University in a brief ceremony at the Library of Congress on March 4.The...
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Former Senator Rick Santorum says homosexuals deserve protection
Former Senator Rick Santorum (R-Penn.), who was a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012 and a likely candidate for the same job in 2016, placed sixth in the annual CPAC straw...
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Think-tank head Jason Grumet reacts to Obama's mandatory voting idea
Speaking in Cleveland on March 18, President Barack Obama raised the idea that compulsory voting could improve the U.S. electoral system.“In Australia, and some other countries,” the President pointed...
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Poultry industry is trade-talk pawn of South African government, says analyst
In the run-up to the recent introduction of bills in the U.S. Congress to reauthorize the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), which has broad bipartisan support because of the benefits gained...
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Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders stumps for support in Charlottesville
White House hopeful Bernie Sanders spoke to an enthusiastic audience in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Monday, May 11, laying out his policy vision and contrasting it directly with that of the...
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'Open-minded, pragmatic' Republican Anson Parker enters race for City Council
Anson Parker, a 37-year-old web developer who has lived in Charlottesville for two decades, was nominated by the local Republican Party on Saturday, May 30, to be a candidate for City Council in the...
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Virginia Congressman Robert Hurt speaks out for free trade in Charlottesville
Appearing at the monthly Albemarle County Republican breakfast on June 13, Congressman Robert Hurt (R-VA5) vigorously defended his vote in favor of the Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) in the House of...
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Federal judge rules Virginia can prohibit Confederate flags on license plates
According to a news release from the office of Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring distributed on August 6, a federal judge has decided that the Commonwealth may ban Confederate symbols on...
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Virginia elections board halts changes to voter registration form
Virginia's State Board of Elections (SBE) has withdrawn a controversial proposal for revising voter registration forms in the face of widespread criticism by election officials and the public.As...
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Chinese hackers attack University of Virginia email, cause IT shutdown
Late breaking news from the University of Virginia arrived just as the Charlottesville Libertarian Examiner joined radio host Coy Barefoot on WCHV-FM to discuss current affairs on Friday afternoon,...
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Congressmen Bob Goodlatte and Robert Hurt comment on WDBJ-TV killings
Two Virginia television journalists were murdered during a live broadcast on Roanoke station WDBJ on Wednesday morning. The killer, Vester Flanagan, a former employee of the same TV station, was...
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DC-area expatriates rally to provide assistance to storm-damaged Dominica
A direct hit by Tropical Storm Erika last week wreaked havoc on the small Caribbean island nation of Dominica. In response, a team of volunteers in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States is...
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House Judiciary Committee chairman Bob Goodlatte is 'sympathetic' to Kim Davis
The chairman of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee says he is "sympathetic" to Rowan County clerk of courts Kim Davis but also believes she is obliged by law to do her job and that no government...
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Former Senator George Allen 'stunned' by Donald Trump's popularity in GOP
Arriving at the Doubletree Hotel in Charlottesville for the monthly Albemarle County GOP breakfast on September 12, former Virginia governor and U.S. senator George F. Allen offered some comments on...
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'They won and we blinked' says former Sen. George Allen on Iran deal
Former Virginia Governor and U.S. Senator George Allen spoke in Charlottesville on Saturday, September 12, at the monthly breakfast of the Albemarle County Republican Committee. His message to the...
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Virginia Film Festival features classics, documentaries, and Larry Kramer
America's civil rights movement is the focus of several documentary films that will be screened at the 2015 Virginia Film Festival, while festival director Jody Kielbasa is pleased to host “change...
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Charlottesville write-in voters honor former candidates, South Park characters
Local radio hosts Rob Schilling and Joe Thomas proved they have followers by winning dozens of write-in votes on Election Day in Charlottesville. The two talkers got write-ins in all five contests...
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