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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...

COMMENTARY: Protecting Our Interests From China

The nineteenth century British statesman Lord Palmerston once defended his foreign policy by declaring, “We have no eternal allies, and we have no perpetual...

COMMENTARY: Judges Should Judge – and Legislators Should Legislate  

The process of advice and consent for a new Supreme Court Justice is currently under way in the United States Senate. While I play no...

COMMENTARY: Keep the Electoral College

In presidential election years, we debate the issues our country faces. Increasingly, the way our country chooses the president has become an issue up...

COMMENTARY: A Supreme Debate

There are few judicial principles more vital to the freedom and our republican form of government than this: Jus dicere, et non jus dare,...

COMMENTARY: Democrats Starting to Realize Mail-in Ballots Not Such A Good Idea

Dear Editor, Democrats are starting to realize that mail-in ballots are not a good idea after all. If 60-70 million mail-in ballots are cast this...

Beware of The National Popular Vote Bill In Richmond

“A dangerous virus lurks in our republican democracy,” wrote E.J. Dionne, Jr., a Washington Post columnist. He argues that the threat is the Electoral College, one...