it is worth remembering Virginia’ slow drift from a lower tax/high-growth state into a high tax/slower growth state over the past three decades, and asking if the higher taxes have made life any better.
The War Over Robert E. Lee Never Ends
Now they want to remove Lee from Virginia license plates.
Public Health Covid Rules Were Nothing But Voodoo
One by one, the lies that were told to the American people during covid are unmasked.
Illegal Immigration: Part Of A Grand Plan
Finally. Democrats are saying the quiet part out loud.
Men Boxing Women. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
That’s right, we are on the precipice of awarding championship belts to men who punch women in the face. We’ve come a long way, baby.
Lloyd Austin Goes AWOL
Everyone who lives here is either active duty, retired military, a vet or related to the military. We KNOW what happens when service members go off the grid for a few days. Or worse yet, when they lie about where they were
The day after Hamas’ October 7 terrorist assault on Israel, the Students for Justice in Palestine at UVA issued a statement declaring that “colonized people” had the right to resist oppression “by whatever means they deem necessary.”
The bill “requires that public school teachers be compensated at a rate that is at or above the national average teacher salary. …
Hey Virginia: Hands Off Those Cake Pops
Why is it that government factotums often seem incapable of applying common sense to the enforcement of state regs?
The Epstein List
Being named in the Epstein court papers is not evidence of wrongdoing. Just bad taste in friends.
Harvard’s Alleged Plagiarizing President Is Out
Watching the left twist itself into knots trying to blame conservatives for Claudine Gay’s resignation is amusing. This is really an indictment of box-checking identity politics. Looks like the left got played. Again.
It’s Resolution Time
Is it too late for this untidy person to transform herself into a neat freak?
Critical theory is offered with the caveat that it need not be proven, just asserted. And that those who would try to measure its effects with the scientific method are racist. Or some other form of phobic.
Confederate statues have come down and in some cases – to assure they will never rise again – have been melted down. Schools and roads have been purged of Confederate references.
No Such Thing As A Government Freebie
Every time I saw the CDC promoting “free” covid vaccines, or free covid tests, or the president touting student loan “forgiveness” I want to scream out a reminder that this largesse isn’t a gift. It’s being subsidized by hard-working Americans.
Suicidal Whale Tales
Nature intended only one thing to happen when a marine mammal comes ashore: death. Some people have trouble with that concept, especially those who grew up thinking Flipper and Free Willy were their friends.
Dog Days and Dishwashers
What do cocker spaniels and dishwashers have in common?
Both last about 15 years before they leak on the floor and need a proper burial.