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Victory Alert: Senator Potts Retires! Today, Senator Russell Potts (I-27, Winchester), chairman of the Senate Health and Education Committee, the killing ground for all pro-life and pro-family legislation in the Senate, announced his decision not to seek re-nomination or re-election to the Virginia Senate. Since becoming chair of Ed and Health several years ago, Senator Potts has led the fight against The Family Foundation's agenda, many times being the only "Republican" member of the committee to vote with the minority of Democrats to kill legislation. With his typical hyperbole and dramatics, Senator Potts today said he thought of standing for...

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Solving the Child Support Riddle May 29, 2005 by Roger F. Gay In a previous article, I summarized the way in which a mathematical solution was found to the problem of calculating just and appropriate child support awards. The article responded to questions and comments following a simple news report that a solution had been found and included links to articles for advanced study.The purpose of child support is not merely to prevent children from becoming public charges. Amounts awarded are not limited to a division of subsistence support between the parents. The calculation of a child support award...

<p>I once had dinner with Paul O'Neill, the former Treasury secretary who is now making headlines with a scathing portrayal of his days in the Bush administration prior to his firing in December 2002. Bush critics will hail Mr. O'Neill as a truth-teller, White House aides are already calling him a back-stabber. In fact, Mr. O'Neill is a relic. The man I broke bread with was clearly a product of the Nixon and Ford administrations, in which he had served, and simply hadn't adapted to the post-Reagan Republican Party.</p>