Commentary
The Stealth Tax Increase That Remains in The Virginia Budget
A Commentary From The Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public PolicyWhile there has been much celebration at the passage of a new $188 billion biennial budget for Virginia, this deal...
Youngkin Prevents Two Tax Increases, Will Sign Record State Budget
After much political theater, the Virginia General Assembly and Governor Glenn Youngkin (R) have now...
With The Tents At UVA Down, The Blowback Begins
By James A. BaconFollowing the decision to take down the tents in the UVA Solidarity...
Screen Time for Kids, Peace of Mind for Parents
Editors Note: We normally don't run commentaries / articles that promote a company or one...
Congress Values Names More Than Housing for Service Members
By Donald Smith; first published on baconsrebellion.com “Removing the last vestiges of Confederate history from the...
Dr. James Finck: Lessons From France
As I am sitting on my balcony of a boat traveling down the Mosel River in Germany, passing picturesque villages founded before Christopher Columbus...
The “Abortion Distortion”: How Roe Poisoned American Culture
This commentary was first published on breakpoint.org.A recent photo essay in The Atlantic documented dozens of pro-abortion demonstrations around the country following the Supreme Court’s Dobbs ruling. Protesters,...
Waaah. Rappahannock Jail Inmates Don’t Get Free Wi-Fi.
By James A. Bacon. Originally posted on Bacon's Rebellion and republished here by agreement. I’m guessing that we’re supposed to feel sorry for Shelley Tibbs,...
Biden Administration is Indifferent to The Pain of Average Americans
Although I am a lifelong conservative, the Democrats I have known over the years were proud to consider their party the defender of working...
Kissing Cousins: China’s Maoists, Virginia’s Racists
Merriam-Webster defines “kissing cousin” as one “closely related in kind to something else.” While varying in scope and brutality, China’s 1960s and Virginia’s 2020s...
Is There Any Congressional Oversight on The $41 Billion Given to Ukraine Since May 21?
An Open Letter to Senator Mark Warner (D-VA): Is There Any Congressional Oversight on the $41 Billion Given to Ukraine Since May 21?Dear Senator...