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Your humble columnist has been bestowing these not so-great honors upon politicians and regular Joes since 2009. Think of the Dano Awards as the Nobel Prizes for Numbskulls.

The prize for the best 2023 Dano Award nomination is a bestselling autobiography youve probably never heard of — because it sold like hotcakes in 1926.

Were giving away two copies of "Memories of the Roanoke and New River Valleys: A Pictorial History of the Early Years," to readers who nominated politicians for glaring public stupidity.

As with every year, 2021 had more than its share of public foibles and tomfoolery. This years recognition of that kicks off with honors for ex-governor Terry McAuliffe. But hes

Although we’ve already made it to 2021, we still have a few loose ends to tie up from last year. A big one is the 2020 Dano Awards for Glaring Public Stupidity. It’s named after yours truly because I manage to meet the seminal qualifications on a weekly (if not daily) basis. But I’m hardly unique in that regard. There’s a lot of stupidity going around, and the Dano Awards honor it. We had umpteen nominees this year. They were almost everywhere you looked. Often you could fin...