Rob Wittman

Occasionally, political candidates ask for my endorsement.  Even though I no longer hold political office and few politicians bother to return my calls or heed my advice, I still get asked.  That’s nice, but honestly, endorsements for people I hardly know beyond their political résumé and website are, I believe, Read more

Deceit and Intent

Constitutions are important.  Of the many laws our federal, state, and local authorities pass, only the Constitution is the supreme law of the land.  That’s why the Founders imposed a special burden to amend it Fearing that Congress would later frivolously amend it by a simple majority to enshrine a Read more

Midterm or Midturn

It’s hard to take seriously the political chant saying, “This is the most important election of our lifetime!”  Politicians resort to that when they fear their hold on elected office is at stake, and it’s hard not to roll your eyes when you hear it.  In a sense, this plea Read more

Artificial Intelligence and Authentic Logic

The term Artificial Intelligence (AI) is generally misunderstood.  So a clear definition would help.  “Artificial intelligence (AI) is the ability of computer systems to perform tasks that normally require human intelligence—such as learning, reasoning, problem‑solving, perception, and language understanding—using data‑driven algorithms and computational models.” Indeed, this definition was derived from—you Read more

A Tale of Two Threats

The news is abuzz with controversy surrounding data centers and Artificial Intelligence, or AI.  The former faces opposition from people concerned about the impact data centers will have if built in their community.  Their gravamen is that data centers will dry up their groundwater and pull so much power from Read more

Your Opinion

On April 30th, 2020, I heard you call.  Two years after I sent my last weekly “Lingamfelter Report” as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, I received many requests to continue sharing my written thoughts with my friends and constituents across Virginia.  At first, I hesitated because I Read more

The Army

As a boy, I was fascinated by the Army.  At the tender age of five, our next-door neighbor, Mamie Felvey, had old Army equipment, including web belts, load-bearing suspenders, canteen covers, and ammunition pouches, belonging to her family.  An older lady, she took a fancy to the red-headed scamp next Read more

Hard Work of Conservation

If you stop for a minute to consider the word “conservative,” you can better understand the proclivities of people who embrace it.  The dictionary is vanilla about conservatism.  “Of, relating to, or favoring a philosophy of conservatism.” Obviously. If you dig a bit, you strike this: “Of or constituting a Read more

Education

I am at once depressed and amazed at the lack of knowledge we are witnessing in America today.  I suppose the rise of the Democrat Socialists of America has highlighted how important education is and how much it is in disrepair.  Their ignorance of history—especially the horrors of socialist and Read more