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MY VIEW/Alexandria's Tax and State Mentality
Mar 01,2010

Despite claiming descent from the 18th century classical liberalism professed by the Founding Fathers, Libertarianism has had a hard time gaining wide acceptance in American society. Considered a third party, the movement has experienced some rejuvenation via the Tea Party Movement

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COVERT REPORT/Inmates Urged to Learn from the Past, Start Over
Feb 23,2010

“Idle minds are the devil's workshop,” according to a popular proverb. No where is it more obvious than in jails, detention center or prisons. The inmate services division of the Alexandria Sheriff’s Office has instituted unique monthly programs for the express purpose of encouraging inmates


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A Needed Reconsideration
Feb 23,2010

While at the 2008 Democratic Compassion Forum at Messiah College, then presidential hopeful and senator Barack Obama was asked about what he believed was the best way to fight the AIDS virus.

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Prophets of Doom Partially Vindicated
Feb 23,2010

In the culture wars the homosexual advocacy movement has been the debate framer. Social conservatives often are at the nonexistent mercy of a mass media all but blatantly rooting for the pro-gay side, with news and entertainment attacking every statement made by traditionalists


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COVERT FILE/When Blizzards Arrive, Sheriff and Staff Start Shoveling
Feb 23,2010

Sheriff Dana Lawhorne didn’t wait to marshal his "troops" into action when the two blizzards struck his beloved Alexandria, the latest on Feb. 5. First thing he did was assign members of the Alexandria Sheriff’s Office, both sworn and civilian, for duty in the City’s Emergency Operations Center. They performed

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Paul J. Nathanson: New Prosecutor in Alexandria Fraud Unit
Feb 10,2010

The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia has hired Paul J. Nathanson to be an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the fraud unit for the Alexandria Division.

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Thoughts on an Extremist Act
Feb 03,2010

Days ago Scott Roeder, the admitted murderer of late term abortion provider Dr. George Tiller, was found guilty by a Kansan jury of first degree murder. In 2009 Roeder entered the church where Tiller was an usher and fatally shot him.

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MULLINGS/The CNN Poll and the SOTU
Jan 28,2010

Today's national poll comes to us courtesy of CNN which released its survey Tuesday afternoon. The top-line number in this poll - approve/disapprove (Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as President?




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