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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 is literally being threatened!  Virginians were limited to one, short, poorly controlled debate for Governor,...

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...

Destroying Democracy: Will Dems Trample on Voters’ Will?

You have to be pretty confident – no, read that “arrogant” – to tell 2.7...

Why I’m Supporting Maynard Keller for the House of Delegates

Our national debate about ethnicity, culture, and identity has turned ugly. Political corruption, including the...

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...

Some Common Ground on Energy Policy But There is No Turning Back

One of the things I learned over the last seven decades is this:  if you have two or more opposing sides in a conflict,...