ethics reform

In the wake of the McDonnell scandal Virginia lawmakers are understandably keen to want to be see to be tough on gifts and other contributions to politicians. But that’s solving for only half the equation.[read_more] The General Assembly is this year awash in proposals to…

My reaction to the McDonnell conviction was, as it was for most, a sickness in my stomach. We are sick because of the loss of such promise and hope. It was squandered. And for what?[read_more] This is sobering. Setting aside real concerns about jury instructions…

We may find out as soon as Tuesday whether the former Governor did a good enough job convincing jurors that he was never as good a manager of people as he always appeared to be. And so the first criminal case in history against a…