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Dissecting the Blue Wave: Turnout

Gov. Glenn Youngkin yesterday blamed Tuesday’s shellacking of the Republican Party in Virginia on the government shutdown. “I firmly believe that the government shutdown was a very, very big...

We Lost More Than an Election — Here’s What Comes Next

We lost all three statewide races. We lost 13 House seats. No Republican won outside...

No Energy Crisis Debate? Virginians Deserved Better Before Today’s Vote

With election day now upon us, Virginia voters were short-changed this election cycle, while Democracy...

Letter to the Editor: A free and honest press is appreciated now, more than ever before

I wanted to let you folks know how much I enjoy reading your reporting and...

Don’t Let Partisan Politics Redraw Virginia’s District Lines

Dirty politics? The call for a special session is a calculated political move designed to...

Youngkin Wants to Jump-Start Economic Growth

By James A. Bacon and originally published on Bacon's Rebellion. Shared here by agreement.  Governor Glenn Youngkin addressed many topics in his State of the...

AEP Raised Rates for Customers Again. Why?

This winter, heating bills across the country are expected to increase by 17% – the highest cost in more than a decade. According to...

Lt. Gov. Sears Calls For School Choice–“Hope And Future For Every Child”

Lieutenant Governor Winsome Sears (R), the first Black woman to hold that office, recently issued this press release calling on the General Assembly to...

It’s About The Rules

If our first week back showed us anything, it’s that a republic based on democratic principles can be messy. While it may not always...

If This Doesn’t Get You Admitted to UVa, What Will?

By James Bacon and originally published on Bacon's Rebellion and shared here by prior agreement.  The producer of The School of Limmy, a Korean-American neuroscience major...

Moses Ezekiel, Jackson’s Statue, and Institutional Anti-Semitism?

Recently, David Bernstein, the author of Woke Antisemitism: How a Progressive Ideology Harms Jews, remarked: “When you have an ideology that pretends to know...