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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...

More Alarming News on Inflation

If you’ve bought groceries, paid for gasoline, or bought a car, either used or new, in the past year, you have likely noticed the...

Defending Fiscal Sanity & The 2nd Amendment

Since taking office just over a year ago, President Biden and Congressional Democrats have spent more than $3 trillion on big-government programs, many of...

Reopen The Capitol

Washington, D.C. used to be a popular destination for tourists, school groups, and others who want to visit our nation’s capital. If you visited the...

Campaign Finance Legislation Limps Through General Assembly

Only 7 of 24 proposed pieces of legislation are still up for debate in this year’s General Assembly session This year, the Virginia General Assembly...

School Choice Can Help Poor Parents Quickly Improve the Education of their Kids

By James Sherlock Published by agreement with Bacon's Rebellion The excellent education reporter Laura Meckler has written a terrific article in The Washington Post titled “Public education is facing a...

UVa Free Speech Committee Could Use Some Transparency

By Walter Smith Published by arrangement with Bacon's Rebellion In February of 2021 University of Virginia President Jim Ryan appointed a committee to articulate the university’s...