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Pete du Pont, great governor and conservative idea man, RIP Quin Hillyer © Provided by Washington Examiner Former Delaware Gov. Pete du Pont, who died Saturday at age 86, ran the single most ideas-heavy presidential campaign in my lifetime. Some conservatives just wish he had picked another year in which to do it. In a 1988 Republican field featuring epochal political figures such as George H.W. Bush, Bob Dole, Jack Kemp, and Pat Robertson, columnist George Will wrote that du Pont offered by far “the highest substance to blather ratio.” Du Pont also earned plaudits fro...

Six Republicans hope to earn a part-time salary to preside over the state Senate starting next year. The job is lieutenant governor. And the $36,321 salary isn’t the draw, it’s holding an office that puts the occupant one step from the governor’s mansion. The lieutenant governor votes to break ties on most legislation in the Senate. Many Virginia governors once held the job, among them current Gov. Ralph Northam, U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., Democrats Doug Wilder and Chuck Robb and Republican John Dalton. The last Republican to hold the office was Bill Bolling, who served as lie...

Monday, April 26 Life’s Decisions Using Beatle Songs (6:45 p.m.) — Have you ever made a big life decision using a Beatle song as a guide? Economist Brian O’Roark has. Join O’Roark and Smithsonian Associates for this one-of-kind presentation about how the Fab Five can help you plan for retirement. Tuesday, April 27  Life of Chuck Robb(6 p.m) — While most Virginians know Robb as a former governor and senator, he’s also the son-in-law of former President Lyndon B. Johnson. In this virtual event with the bookstore Politics & Prose, Robb will discuss his career and his new memior. Wed...

April 16, 2021 8:30 AM by Charlie Clark The blue sign and multi-hued banners off of Washington Blvd. proclaim these Westover garden-style apartments as “Fisher House: Now Leasing.” That’s not to be confused with the national nonprofit called the Fisher House Foundation, which builds for needy military families. This one’s run by the Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing, which, as its inaugural project in 1991, purchased the early ‘40s-vintage apartments and named them in honor of the late congressman Joseph Fisher (1914-92). H...

BUY Ebook · 392 pp. · ISBN 9780813946115 · $34.95 · Apr 2021 In December 1967, Chuck Robb was catapulted onto the national scene when he married Lynda Bird Johnson, the daughter of President Lyndon B. Johnson, in a nationally broadcast White House wedding. Shortly thereafter, Robb, a U.S. Marine, deployed to Vietnam, where he commanded India Company of the 3rd Battalion, 7th Regiment, and was awarded the Bronze Star. These two experiences—seemingly polar opposites—illustrate much about the eventual Virginia governor and U.S. senator, who combined a commitment to family with an ingrai...