In Virginia, it is always surprising that the talking heads, lobbyists, politicians and others always regard the "Business Community" as a monolith that thinks and speaks with one voice and must be protected because of the Old Dominion's coveted status as being "business friendly." 
One of the drawbacks of living in the Richmond area is the dearth of penetrating reporting inthe local daily rag. Luckily for me, The New York Times finally started home delivery last week in the piney woods edge of Chesterfield County where I have lived for [...] 
For all the wailing one hears, especially in Virginia, about Barack Obama being some kind of radical with a socialist agenda, let's take a reality check.
Puzzling is the only word to describe it.
You have to love how Richmond works. 
One of my recurring nightmares is that I wake up one morning to find Virginia and the U.S. transformed into a right-wing theocracy.
If I go to a public library, I find my Internet access is severely restricted to information that a government committee has [...]
