Bennett MintonExhuming history, exposing liesA generation of Virginia public school students, including me, were taught the “Lost Cause” myth, even as historians were exhuming its…Jul 6, 2020Jul 6, 2020
Bennett MintonThe revolution will not be televisedI hear the frustration of Bernie supporters. I too am frustrated at the cultural and institutional conservatism that has created a country…Mar 12, 2020Mar 12, 2020
Bennett MintonA table — and a life — repurposedI made up a story that serves meAug 19, 2019Aug 19, 2019
Bennett MintonRevolution in Virginia: The legislature cedes a spoil of partisan advantageIt’s been a bad month for Virginia’s government, with controversies around racism, sexual assault and the “Virginia way” enveloping its…Feb 25, 20192Feb 25, 20192
Bennett MintonThat fantasy about the Second AmendmentI keep seeing these fairy tales about the origins of the Second Amendment — that its purpose was to guard against the tyranny of the…Feb 23, 2018Feb 23, 2018
Bennett MintonOf the whipsaw of tax law, and gripping the bar on the ScramblerPast midnight on October 4, 1990, in the chambers of the House of Representatives, I watched the birth of the Republican Party’s implacable…Dec 24, 2017Dec 24, 2017
Bennett MintonWhen we rewrite this tax law . . . .Now that those of us who itemize — and get a deduction for mortgage interest and for state and local income and property taxes paid — are…Dec 20, 2017Dec 20, 2017
Bennett MintonThe tax bill of our nightmaresI’m taking this tax bill personally, because for most of my career I was paid to understand tax policy, and for all of my waking life I’ve…Dec 3, 2017Dec 3, 2017
Bennett MintonThe grassroots wave in the New DominionMuch will be written about the grassroots in Virginia and the novice House of Delegates candidates who looked around after January 20 and…Nov 8, 2017Nov 8, 2017
Bennett MintonHow to analyze Trump’s tax planTwo questions. (1) What is the rationale for any tax cut, and (2) who benefits?Sep 29, 2017Sep 29, 2017
