One week later and it still doesn’t quite feel real, does it? Like many of you, I’m still trying to sort out the lessons and emotions that Tuesday’s results delivered. And while that will continue for a while, I know we can only look backward for so long. I’ve lost a race before, and believe me: I know […]

Donald Trump, the Republican Party presidential front-runner since shortly after he announced his campaign this summer, wants a mandatory registry of Muslims. GOP candidate Ben Carson compared Syrian refugees fleeing war to “rabid dogs.” Roanoke Mayor David Bowers cited the U.S. government’s internment of Japanese Americans in camps during World War II in asking for a […]

When it comes to the dangerous and often deadly intersection of guns and domestic violence, the question is very simple: Do you stand with the victims of domestic violence, or do you stand with domestic abusers? Put another way, do you think survivors of domestic abuse deserve even the most basic protections, or do you […]