Author: James A. Bacon
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Graph of the Day: the Young Adult Happiness Gap
From the Institute for Family Studies: For over a decade, happiness has been in free fall among young adults. The share of young adults ages 22 to 35 who reported being “pretty” to “very” happy has fallen by 12-percentage points since 2010. Notably, these declines in happiness have been concentrated among the unmarried. From 2010…
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Spanberger’s Early Problems
by Anonymous At several key moments, Governor Abigail Spanberger has struggled to define her own agenda. During the campaign, she emphasized “affordability,” but the rollout leaned more on broad themes than specific, actionable proposals. Historically, new governors tend to anchor their first session with a clear set of priorities—legislation that signals direction and gives their…
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Alleged: Scott Told VMI to Boot Board Members or Suffer State Funding Cuts
The Cadet staff Virginia’s House Speaker demanded the resignation or change of roles of two Virginia Military Institute Board of Visitors (BOV) members or suffer budget consequences, allege sources with direct knowledge of the threat. Lt. Gen. David Furness’s continuance as superintendent is conditioned on compliance. The Cadet is investigating, has submitted formal questions, and…
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Gerrymandering Election Results: 10 to 1 or 8 to 3.
by Chris Saxman Virginia might not be 10-1 after all. Check out this – very early – data via X.com. This has not been verified yet. With higher than expected turnout in the rural areas Virginia might have voted 8-3 vs. 10-1. Again – pending verification. Yes, I am saying that twice! <END SCENE>
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Judge Rules Gerrymandering Election Unconstitutional
by Scott Dreyer On Wednesday, Tazewell County Circuit Court Judge Jack Hurley issued an injunction against the yes/no gerrymandering election that concluded April 21, thus blocking the state from certifying the results. Attorney General Jay Jones (D), who gained notoriety in October 2025 when his texts surfaced where he had fantasized about the murder of a Republican lawmaker…
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Guess Who Won on Redistricting?
The Rich Men north of Richmond may have won for a day, but they cashed out every ounce of public goodwill they had to do it. by Shaun Kenney First and foremost, let’s knock down all the pretended olive branches from those who voted “yes” on Tuesday to impose some sort of federal anti-gerrymandering law.…
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Thirteen Brave Girls Came Forward…
and Fairfax County Public Schools filed zero Title IX complaints by Stephanie Lundquist-AroraOriginally published in IWFeatures This year, 13 brave girls at Fairfax High School stepped forward to tell administrators that Israel Flores Ortiz, an adult illegal immigrant from El Salvador who was enrolled as a junior at the school, sexually assaulted them during school…
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Only Five Vetoes out of 1,082 Bills
In just three months, Virginia’s governor has undermined Second Amendment rights, parental authority, and fiscal responsibility. by Victoria Manning Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger ran as a moderate, but her actions after the first legislative session prove otherwise. She has embraced an extreme left-wing agenda, eroding Second Amendment rights and backing laws that will make Virginia…
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Virginia Got Fairfaxed
by Kerry Dougherty For brief time on Election Night it appeared that common sense and fair play had prevailed in Virginia. You could see it in the horror on the faces of the CNN hosts as they were forced to report that a NO vote on the blatantly misleading redistricting referendum was ahead by almost…
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Virginia Gets Fairfaxed
by Scott Dreyer In a closely watched race nationwide, the “yes” side eked out a narrow win in Virginia over “no,” as of 9:30 p.m. last night by a 51.3% to 48.6% margin. Polls closed at 7:00, and at one point early in the evening, as many smaller localities had posted their results, the No side was ahead by about 50,000 votes. By 8:20, however, the…
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Classroom Consequences of the “Equity” Calendar
Due to expanded religious/cultural holidays, Fairfax County Public Schools classrooms are open for full five-day weeks only half the time. Minorities and the poor pay the price. by Stephanie Lundquist-AroraOriginally published in iWFeatures In January 2022, Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) adopted a calendar containing fewer five-day school weeks and more early release days with…
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Gordon K. Davies, RIP
by Gordon C. Morse I learned earlier today of the death of Gordon K. Davies, the former head of the State Council for Higher Education. He was ousted from that post almost 30 years ago, and Virginia was the less for it. Occasionally, the commonwealth attracts brilliance to its service, and Gordon was brilliant enough…
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How Democracy Dies: One Step at a Time
In the immortal words of Sen. Louise Lucas, D-Portsmouth, president pro tempore of the state senate: “Ten Fuckin’ One.”