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Will Voters Bring Gerrymandering Back to Virginia?

Unless Virginia voters reject the constitutional amendment on the ballot April 21, gerrymandering will return to Virginia. Five years ago, 66% of Virginia voters -- 2.8 million Virginians -- approved...

Sixth District Perspectives with Congressman Ben Cline

Department of Homeland Security funding has passed the House, but Senate Democrats refuse to...

Open Letter To Area Pastors/Ministry Leaders

Dear Pastor or Ministry Leader,          Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves. -Proverbs 31:8a I...

The Surreptitious Disappearance of the Capitol Square Preservation Council

  Breathtaking. Unsettling. Healing. Those meant-to-catch-your-attention words come from an article by the British newspaper The Guardian on the...

If The World Is Getting Hotter, Why On Day 14 After Paralyzing Ice Storm Does SWVA Still Look Like Frozen Tundra With Wind Chills...

Full disclosure: One, I am not a climatologist. Two, I understand the difference between weather...

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...