While various student groups at the University of Virginia are calling for defunding local law-enforcement programs, some parents of UVa students support a stronger police presence around the university after a wave of shootings last year.
All in Bacon's Rebellion
I think Donald Trump might have enjoyed a longer honeymoon with the media than Governor Glenn Youngkin and Attorney General Jason Miyares.
Homeschooling Interest in Virginia Exceeds that of Other States
Interest in home schooling has soared nationally since the beginning of the COVID epidemic.
A Campaign Finance Reform Lesson – the 2021 Elections for the Virginia House of Delegates
Money in politics matters for a lot of reasons. Most of them are unsupportive of a republican form of government.
There are some 4,000 gas station owners in Virginia. Herring’s enforcement actions clearly had a “disparate impact” against small business owners of Asian extraction.
Youngkin’s campaign rhetoric wasn’t just campaign rhetoric. He’s not recruiting retreads from the Virginia public school system.
Youngkin, UVa COVID Policy on a Collision Course
The debate over COVID-19 policy rages unabated. Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin and Attorney General-elect Jason Miyares announced today their intention to challenge Biden-administration vaccine mandates through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, OSHA, and Head Start.
Chronic Complainers Notch Big Win Against Landlords
The parties agreed to a settlement in which the Hairstons paid the tenant $60,000 as compensation, donated $1,500 to the nonprofit Action in Community Through Service, and, as a condition of staying landlords, committed to attending fair housing training sessions for three years.
Youngkin Expounds on His Expansive Economic-Development Vision
Youngkin has embraced a rhetoric of opportunity and improvement. Better jobs for all. Lower taxes and cost of living for all. Higher educational standards for all.
Standards? We Don’t Need No Stinking Standards!
The Arlington County Public School system has designed a sure-fire strategy for ensuring “equitable” educational outcomes — set standards so low that everyone can pass them no matter how little effort they make.
One More Race Baiting for the Road
Days before leaving office, Attorney General Mark Herring has filed a complaint against the Town of Windsor in Isle of Wight County, charging the police department with a pattern of unlawful racial discrimination.
Good for Kamras
“We are not going to close schools again,” Kamras tweeted Wednesday, according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch. “Our students need us to stay open — perhaps now more than ever.”
Fact Checking Northam’s VMI Speech
In his recent speech to the Virginia Military Institute, Governor Ralph Northam had a lot to say about traditions and practices at the military academy when he attended in the 1970s.
Things Fall Apart: Menchville High School Edition
Last week 17-year-old Justice Dunham was shot to death during an altercation in the parking lot outside Menchville High School in Newport News.
UVa’s Thought Police Have Taken Control
The University of Virginia is becoming a modern-day reeducation camp where the views of faculty and staff must conform to the dictates of Leftist ideology regarding social justice issues.
The Woke Never Rest: Public Health Edition
The forces of Wokeness are like a zombie horde. They keep coming, and coming… and coming.
Youngkin to Withdraw From RGGI, End Carbon Tax
Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin told a business audience Wednesday afternoon that he intends to withdraw Virginia from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. His decision came two days after Dominion Energy Virginia filed a petition to increase the RGGI tax on its bills by 83% next year.
Press Misinformation on Critical Race Theory in Schools Fuels the Fight
Americans are at one another’s throats over critical race theory in schools.
Brace Yourself for Omicron… and Omicron Hysteria
The Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus has set foot (perhaps I should say set its little viral spikes) in California, and it is only a matter of days (perhaps hours) before it arrives in Virginia. How worried should we be?