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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: Seventy-Five Years Since World War II

September 2 marks the 75th anniversary of World War II’s end. It was the most terrible war in history. Estimates of the precise toll...

COMMENTARY: We’re In This Together, So Please Wear A Mask

We are in this together. It doesn’t matter your political affiliation, what you do for a living, for whom you work, where you live,...

COMMENTARY: California, Here We Come?

A famous song of the 1920s went, “California, here I come.” Today, one might sing that line with dread rather than anticipation as rolling blackouts...

COMMENTARY: Early Voting and Debates

Debating holds a storied place in the American political tradition. The Lincoln-Douglas debates between two Senate candidates in Illinois in 1858 made a household name...

COMMENTARY: Walmart Hypocritical When It Comes To Face Masks

Many companies within the United States have recently required their employees and customers to wear a face mask because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Such...

COMMENTARY: Libraries Live on With Community Support

Recently, rural Americans have missed out on many services usually offered in their communities. However, library employees have worked even harder to provide for their...