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Why Shouldnโt Virginiaโs Felons Have To Ask Their Voting Rights Restored?
by Kerry Dougherty Lemme make sure I understand this: Virginiaโs ACLU, that left-wing organization that sat on its derriere during Gov. Ralph Northamโs unconstitutional closure of churches and businesses, is suddenly active again. Its lawyers want Virginiaโs convicted felons to automatically get their voting rights back, even if they havenโt made restitution to their victims…
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Arlington CPS Seizes Baby Girl Over Tylenol
by Asra Q. Nomani and Debra Tisler Late Wednesday afternoon, in Courtroom 4B of Arlington Countyโs Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court, Sean Jackson beamed widely as a judge granted him and his parents, Carlos Makle and Kim Jackson-Makle, joint custody of Seanโs baby girl, Amoria, instead of relegating her to foster care or instability with…
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Maglev & Light Rail: Once-Shiny Objects Now Tarnished By Reality
by Kerry Dougherty Gosh. It isnโt often the local newspaper provides two examples of โshiny object stupidityโ in one week. But The Virginian-Pilot delivered. On Wednesday the newspaper quietly reported on the absolute demise of the failed maglev system at Old Dominion University. Thatโs magnetic levitation technology for those of you who werenโt around here…
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Marion Smith: a Thinker-Activist with a Global Perspective
*** Sponsored Content *** In The Jefferson Council’s meeting on April 4th, you will hear how the Council is fighting for free speech and intellectual diversity at the University of Virginia, and how our struggle is just one front in a nationwide alumni rebellion to reclaim Americaโs universities from the left. From Marion Smith, president…
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RVA 5×5: Heard the Noise, Seen The Light
by Jon Baliles Well, it seems Mayor Levar Stoney has finally picked up on a problem on Richmondโs streets that many of us have known about for three-plus years. If you live downtown, or in the Fan, Oregon Hill, Jackson Ward, the Museum District, Randolph, Scottโs Addition, Byrd Park, Malvern Gardens, parts of Northside, Monroe…
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A Virginia Team in the Championship Game
byย Dick Hall-Sizemore During this time of year, the sports world is fixated on the NCAA Division I basketball tournament. Richmond fans give the VCU Rams a big sendoff.ย Hokie fans cheer their top-seeded women’s team. UVa. alumni die a little bit inside when the Cavaliers lose to Furman in the last seconds. Despite being…
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Glenn Loury Highlights Jefferson Council Event
*** Sponsored Content *** Glenn Loury is one of the foremost African-American intellectuals in the country. No, actually, thatโs selling him short. Heโs one of the foremost intellectuals โ period — in America. As an economics professor at Brown University, an author, a columnist, a podcaster, and a self-described โliberal who has been mugged by…
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Meet Abrar Omeish, Exhibit A in the Woke Army
๏ปฟ by Asra Q. Nomani Exclusive: In 2019, Abrar Omeish canvassed for support at a fundraiser for the anti-Semitic group American Muslims for Palestine and said she wanted to change the โnarrativeโ on Palestinians. She was elected to office and launched a tirade against the state of Israel, which she smeared as an โapartheidโ nation,…
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Is Washington and Lee Committing Suicide?
by Kenneth G. Everett One of my ’64 classmates, and a good friend throughout our four years at Washington and Lee University, grew up in a Chicago suburb and graduated from a top high school there. Once during an idle moment while we were studying for a Charlie Turner exam in European history, I asked…
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RVA 5×5: Monopoly on Richmond
by Jon Baliles There has been a lot of chatter this week about Monopoly doing a Richmond version featuring notable places and landmarks to replace the well-known properties like St. Jamesโ Place, Reading Railroad, and Boardwalk. According to Em Holter at the Richmond Times-Dispatch, the creators of Monopoly want to hear from YOU about what…
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Engaging Differences — or Imposing Conformity?
by James A. Bacon In its March board meeting, the University of Virginia Board of Visitors addressed the topic of intellectual diversity. The unspoken assumption among some board members was that there is precious little diversity in the philosophical outlook of UVa’s faculty, which skews heavily to the left, or the courses they teach. But…
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RVA 5×5: Incentivizing Derelicts
by Jon Baliles Housing has become a vital issue all across our region; it is a pressing need, but not simple to resolve. It will be with us for some time to come and we have to seek out a multi-prong strategy to address it. But there are some steps that can be taken to…
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Is a Reckoning Coming for the Management and Administrative Costs at Virginia’s State Colleges and Universities?
by James C. Sherlock In 2015, Professor Paul Campos of the University of Colorado at Boulder wroteย an op-ed for The New York Times that clarified for many a major issue in the rising costs of a college education — the exponential growth of the number and costs of administrators. According to the Department of Education…
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Southern Domination and Beaver Nuggets.
by Kerry Dougherty Sick of politics? Me too. Letโs change it up today. I donโt like to brag, but Iโm pretty much an expert on roadside food joints and truck stops. No, not that way, you perverts. I simply love road trips, which means frequent stops for food and fuel. Most truck stops are sort…