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Commentary

Closing Virginia’s Education Gaps: Funding, Choice, and Accountability

It shouldn’t be hard for both political parties to agree that among those who suffered most from covid school shut-downs were low-income children. In the National Assessment of Educational Progress...

Last Week Proves Again Wind and Solar Cannot Take the Heat

Once again, a spell of hot weather has proven that our economy and comfort depend...

VA Elections Should Be About Virginia’s Future — Not a Referendum on President Trump

Senator Tim Kaine recently sent out a fundraising email where he quoted the Washington Post...

One is Enough: End the Front License Plate Requirement in Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia currently mandates that most passenger vehicles display two license plates—one on...

Primary Results Will Force Spanberger to Prove if She’s a Centrist

After this week’s primary results, Virginia’s more moderate center is all but dead. In two...

May Is Mental Health Month

As you may know, May is Mental Health Month, an annual observance designed to increase awareness about mental health and mental illness. Good mental...

The Detrimental Effect of Cell Phones in Many of Virginia’s Public Schools

I read a rather sad commentary three days ago entitled “At This School, the Cellphones Rule” written by James A. Bacon of Bacon’s Rebellion...

Justice, Often Applied Differently

As humans across the world are seeking justice, they must realize there is a price for it, which means justice could be bought or...

Biden Administration Can’t Get Its Story Straight on COVID

President Biden has repeatedly said that on COVID-19 he’d “follow the science.” His Administration’s shifting and contradictory positions on pandemic precautions suggest otherwise. Let’s look...

Play Stupid Games, Win Stupid Prizes

By Kerry Dougherty and originally published at Kerry: Unemployed & Unedited. Shared here by agreement with Bacon's Rebellion.  Look who’s crying now. Virginia Democrats, who launched...

Key Victories for Virginians in 2022 Legislative Session, But Work Remains

By JC Hernandez and originally published in Bacon's Rebellion and shared here by agreement. Hernandez is state director of Americans for Prosperity-Virginia.  This past legislative...