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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: Don’t Redefine “Flattening the Curve”

I recently spent a day with the New River Public Health Task Force, meeting with its members and touring facilities. The task force has...

COMMENTARY: Getting Ready to Reopen

As we continue to address the coronavirus outbreak, it is important also to plan for what comes next. To slow the spread of the virus,...

COMMENTARY: Strategic Approach Is Needed Instead of Extending Blanket Prohibitions

Today April 16th) Governor Ralph Northam announced that he will be unilaterally extending the effective date on his Executive Order 53 from April 23...

COMMENTARY: Seeing the Light

I saw the light, I saw the light No more darkness, no more night Now I'm so happy no sorrow in sight Praise the Lord I saw...

COMMENTARY: Facing The Coronavirus: The Logic of Potterville

IT's A Wonderful Life In director Frank Capra’s 1946 holiday classic movie It’s a Wonderful Life, an initial bank panic sweeps the small town of Bedford Falls....

COMMENTARY: Keep Calm and Carry On

“You have nothing to fear but fear itself . . .” “Keep calm and carry on . . .” Theses are simple words that define ‘the...