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Virginia Becomes 22nd State To Support Efforts For Money In Politics Amendment By John Pudner 01/31/21 AT 9:32 AM Protesters in support of campaign finance reform demonstrate on Capitol Hill as unidentified congressional members walk by. The demonstrators want an end to soft money contributions that they say inappropriately influences politicians. Photo: LUKE FRAZZA/AFP via Getty Images KEY POINTS It's a positive first step towards allowing people to support limits on dark money political contributions through legislatures. Virginia is not one of the states with a long history of ...

Austin left the Army just over four years ago, which made him technically ineligible for the post. Congress waived the waiting period before confirming him, something it had previously done only twice since 1947, most recently in 2017.

He continued: “Our forefathers, seeking refuge from religious persecution, believed in the eternal truth that freedom is not a gift from the government, but a sacred right from Almighty God. On the coattails of the American Revolution, on January 16, 1786, the Virginia General Assembly passed the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom … This seminal bill, penned by Thomas Jefferson, states that, ‘all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge, or affect their civil capacit...

Why Retired Generals Rarely Lead The Pentagon By all accounts, retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin, President-elect Joe Biden’s pick to lead the U.S. Defense Department, is eminently qualified to be secretary of defense. A man who achieved the rank of four-star general and succeeded at every turn during his 40-year career, Austin displayed valor and courage while serving the country for nearly half a century. Please share this article - Go to very top of page, right hand side, for social media buttons. Ironically, though, Austin’s lengthy military career has created a sticking point in his con...

It is not often that an intra-university dispute on whether to ask for toleration rather than respect gets international press coverage. But such has been the fate of recent events at England’s venerable University of Cambridge. The story is especially instructive since in our religiously plural world we are inundated with exhortations to respect a range of religious beliefs. The brouhaha began when a committee headed by Professor Stephen Toope, the university vice-chancellor (American translation: “president”), offered a set of guidelines ostensibly to protect and promote free...