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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...

JMU Social Justice and the Office of Student Accountability and Restorative Practices (OSARP)

By James C. Sherlock, this was originally published in Bacon's Rebellion and is published here by agreement.  Yesterday I wrote of the pressures on Tim...

We Need to Help That Poor Billionaire Out

By Dick Hall-Sizemore, this originally appeared in Bacon's Rebellion and is reprinted here by agreement.  With all the huffing and puffing about CRT, face masks,...

UVA Board Extends President Ryan’s Contract for Three Years

By James A. Bacon, this was originally published in Bacon's Rebellion. The University of Virginia Board of Visitors voted unanimously Friday to extend President Jim...

VMI Conflict Now Focused on DEI Implementation

By James A. Bacon, this first appeared in Bacon's Rebellion. Aside from the occasional Washington Post hit job, the Virginia Military Institute has faded from the daily...

What Church Is Really Like

This was first published on breakpoint.org. Many Christians, rightly concerned about protecting the Church’s witness in front of the wider world, have embraced claims about the...

A Disastrous Week for UVA

By Bert Ellis, this first appeared in Bacon's Rebellion. Open letter from Bert Ellis, president of The Jefferson Council, to members of the University of...