Author: James A. Bacon
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Graph of the Day: K-12 Enrollment Projections
See the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service analysis here.
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Don’t Write Off the Virginia GOP Just Yet
Question: How would Louise Lucas’ “ten to f***ing one” congressional redistricting map fare if voters cast ballots more in line with yesterday’s voting pattern than the 2025 gubernatorial election pattern?
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A Twisted Sense of Priorities
Fairfax leaders favor illegal-immigrant rights over girls’ safety in schools. by Stephanie Lundquist-AroraRepublished with permission from IWFeatures On March 7, Israel Flores Ortiz, an 18-year-old illegal immigrant from El Salvador enrolled as a junior at Fairfax High School, was arrested for allegedly fondling the genitals of multiple female students in the hallways during school hours. More than two weeks…
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Ex-Cadet Behind Attacks on VMI Has Activist History
Jeremiah Woods has been a left-wing activist since high school with questionable credibility. by Victoria Manning The Virginia Military Institute (VMI) has been under fire from Virginia Democrats who introduced legislation that could significantly change the school’s oversight structure. These bills follow allegations of racism by a former black cadet and left-wing activist Jeremiah Woods, who transferred…
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Virginia Redistricting: Swallow Hard–But Vote “Yes”
by David J. Toscano If a car runs a red light and is about to hit you, you don’t just complain that the driver violated the rules–you do something! When Texas and other Republican legislatures across the country, at Donald Trump’s request, enacted unprecedented mid-decade redistrictings designed to ensure GOP control of the U.S. House…
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Dorothy McAuliffe Bigfoots Fellow Democrat Dan Helmer
by Kerry Dougherty I almost feel sorry for Democrat Del. Dan Helmer. OK, not really. He desperately wants to go to Congress and his twice-thwarted dream seemed within reach when Democrats drew a lobster-shaped district just for him in their new gerrymandering scheme. Now it looks like Helmer’s going to get his teeth kicked in. Again. …
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Is a Casino the Answer to Fairfax County’s Genteel Decline?
by Chap Petersen A few things are certain in life. Death, taxes and UVA losing to Duke in the ACC men’s basketball final. (No, I’m not bitter). Another one is well-funded interests getting their way in the Virginia General Assembly. A mere decade ago, our battle was with Dominion Power who sought to avoid customer…
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If the FBI Investigates, She Might Not Like the Answer
Question asked: How was a man convicted on terrorism charges and spent time in federal prison carry out the horrific attack at Old Dominion University? Question answered: But wait, there’s more!
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Say NO to Deceptive Ads
What’s this? Governor Abigail Spanberger opposes the gerrymandering amendment to the state constitution? That’s sure what it looks like in this mailer from the Justice for Democracy PAC that arrived in my mailbox yesterday. The flier never actually says that she opposes the amendment, which is slated for a referendum vote in April. Indeed, look…
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Albemarle Schools Policy Violates Free Speech
Last night the Albemarle County School Board voted 5 to 1 to adopt a policy prohibiting student organizations said to promote or endorse violence, harassment or hatred. Critics noted that the policy would be used to ban noncurricular student organizations. including TPUSA, from hosting guest speakers during the school day. Here follows a letter (minus…
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NY Court Strikes Down Section 8 Housing Mandate
The ruling casts doubt on similar law in Virginia. by Hans Bader Virginia attorney general Jay Jones is being sued over a Virginia law that bans landlords from discriminating against people who use federal housing vouchers to pay their rent. Landlords often don’t like accepting those vouchers because they have to waive their Fourth Amendment…
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A Tale of Two Rallies
One was the best of rallies, one was the worst of rallies by John A. Lucas This weekend I attended two rallies in Richmond, Virginia. Both claimed to support freedom for the Iranian people. But, to borrow further from Charles Dickens’ contrasting images of Two Cities, one stood for darkness with a platform of hatred, anarchy and…
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Terror at ODU: We Don’t Have to Live Like This.
by Kerry Dougherty One ODU professor is dead and two ROTC students were injured Thursday, shot by an Islamic jihadist while attending class. The shooter? Mohamed Jalloh, a naturalized American citizen from Sierra Leone who traveled to Africa on three separate occasions in 2015 to join ISIS. Instead of being executed for treason, as he…