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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...

Bravery of Ukrainians Evokes W. H. Auden’s Classic Poem”

Does anyone else find themselves utterly humbled by the bravery of the Ukrainian defenders — and also by the Russians demonstrating against Putin’s invasion? There...

National Security, West Virginia Natural Gas and Hampton Roads – A Proposed Federal Law

By James C. Sherlock, originally published in Bacon's Rebellion and republished here by agreement.  This is a series of columns recommending bringing West Virginia...

Virginia’s Natural Gas Pipelines, Virginia’s Economy and the World

By James C. Sherlock, originally published in Bacon's Rebellion and republished here by agreement. God looks after the United States of America.  The fracking revolution...

Alumni Are Mad as Hell — and They’re Organizing!

By James A. Bacon, originally published in Bacon's Rebellion and republished here by agreement. College alumni, to borrow the classic phrase from the 1976 movie...

Purging Asian-Americans from Top Virginia Schools to End

By Kerry Dougherty, originally published in Bacon's Rebellion and republished here by permission.  It’s dangerous to deal in ethnic stereotypes. There’s always a risk of...

Youngkin Decries Higher-Ed Cancel Culture

By James A. Bacon, originally published in Bacon's Rebellion, and published here by agreement.  Glenn Youngkin didn’t have much to say about “cancel culture” in...