A. Barton Hinkle is senior editorial writer and a columnist at the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Americans Forget How Good They Have It
Less than 3 in 10 Americans believe the country's headed in the right direction
Less than 3 in 10 Americans believe the country's headed in the right direction
Both sides want to chip away at your civil liberties, even if sometimes they argue about it.
Court dismissed a challenge from a former Libertarian gubernatorial nominee
If America wants to wean off coal, it needs natural gas, and the pipelines that carry it.
Katie Couric admits to deceptive edit, but anti-gun extremist director still standing by it
Will they be able to exercise their right to own a gun again, or just to vote for their leaders?
Once you start dissecting the please-vote platitudes, it quickly becomes evident that you should feel no guilt about skipping the polls.
Yes, especially if their right to vote's been restored.
A. Barton Hinkle takes McAuliffe up on the challenge of earning the votes of ex-felons
Corporations influencing politics is awful for liberals, unless the influence benefits their political agenda.
Liberals and conservatives are short-sighted even when claiming to have learned their lessons.
Wrongful convictions like Keith Allen Harward's are made easier without open discovery rules.
Increasingly, free speech ends where the listener stops agreeing.
Garland looks like a moderate because he tends to side with the government irrespective of who's in charge.
Regulators and other bureaucrats form a fourth branch of government with elements of the other three, but little public influence.
Major party candidates doing their best to get Americans to oppose free trade, despite its role in increasing prosperity.
How :-), :-(, and emoticons helped lead to Trump
Who can participate in a boycott?
Right now, renters can't collect.
Trump asks voters to "believe me." But why should they?
She likes democracy, when it breaks her way.
Partisans decide their position on religious liberty based on their partisan agendas toward the specific issues.
Right-to-work laws are a response to federal mandates, and don't belong in state constitutions.
The disclosure about Valerie Plame was called "treason" and people have gone to jail for mishandling classified info, what Hillary Clinton is accused of.
2016 features the sorriest bunch of candidates in more than 150 years.
Governments ignoring the constitutional limitations to eminent domain.
Ted Koppel's latest book explores the effects of EMP weapons.
From mandatory union fees to health laws.
Politicians doing their best to stop them.
Climate change activists can be deniers, too.
Regulatory and cultural capture means a government-induced upward redistribution of wealth.
Donald Trump is the closest thing to a fascist in America in generations.
Who those people are depends on your partisan affiliation.
The FEC claims authority over regulating press coverage of elections.