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Rules for a Harmonious Thanksgiving
Note from reader Kim Acquaviva: If you’ll be celebrating Thanksgiving with a politically diverse group of family members and/or friends, consider printing out copies of The UVA 6 for those in attendance. In my experience, dinner conversations are much less fraught with tension when everyone strives to follow the six principles listed in the document. …
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The Great and the Awful per the New Framework
by John Butcher The estimable Dick Hall-Sizemore has commented on some results of the new accountability Framework. Through the magic of Excel, we can excavate a much larger trove of information. Some background: the new system will take effect with the 2025 school year. There is a summary of the system here. As a warmup, VDOE has posted the Framework’s analysis…
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The Words of George Will
George Will is one of my favorite columnists. Although I don’t always agree with him, his arguments are well-constructed and laid out. And the man has a way with words that few others have. Combined with a dry wit, his mastery of the language can be devastating (and hilarious) when he targets someone. Hence, his…
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NOVA Schools Seek to Delay Accountability
by Todd Truitt Northern Virginia school districts have settled on their latest attempt to avoid greater transparency: asking the Virginia legislature to “delay” the implementation of the new school accountability system by an additional year, claiming the new system’s 3-year development and implementation period is “rushed.” The effect of this request would be to push…
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Correct Link for Willfred Reilly Speech
I inserted an incorrect link to register for Willfred Reilly’s December 5 speech at the University of Virginia. Here is the correct link.
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Myth Buster Wilfred Reilly to Speak at UVA
++++ sponsored content ++++ by James A. Bacon In 1995 James W. Loewen wrote a provocatively titled volume, Lies My Teacher Told Me, which proffered leftist interpretations of topics that allegedly had been sanitized from American history books. Two decades later, Wilfred Reilly has put his own spin on Loewen’s book title and American history…
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Youngkin Tackles Housing Shortage
by James A. Bacon Governor Glenn Youngkin is rightly concerned about the housing shortage in Virginia, which drives up living costs and throttles economic growth. Yesterday he announced a plan to spend $75 million over five years to catalyze investment of $750 million and build 5,000 units to accommodate a growing workforce. But he acknowledges…
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Whatever Could Account for the Decline in Opioid Deaths?
by James A. Bacon Opioid deaths in Virginia have declined markedly since the end of the COVID epidemic, reports Virginia Public Media (VPM). The fatalities, many of which were attributable to fentanyl overdoses, peaked at 2,229 in 2021 and have fallen to a predicted 1,552 this year — down 30%. That number is still frightfully…
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The Welfare Net
by James A. Bacon The United States has spent trillions of dollars on poverty programs, yet hard-core inter-generational poverty and its attendant social ills remain endemic. Federal and state benefits are not lavish, and they are contingent to some degree upon recipients finding work, or at least looking for work. But anti-poverty programs are doing…
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A Public Service Message from Bacon’s Rebellion
Res ipsa loquitur — the thing speaks for itself.