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Bacon Appointed Executive Director of The Jefferson Council
CHARLOTTESVILLE—The Jefferson Council, an alumni association devoted to upholding the Jeffersonian legacy at the University of Virginia, has appointed James A. Bacon Jr. as executive director. “The hiring of a full-time director manager is a milestone in the evolution of the Jefferson Council from an all-volunteer group to a professionally staffed organization,” said President Bert…
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Alleged Shooter’s Dorm Room on UVa Property Exposed Him to University Actions Not Taken
by James C. Sherlock Updated Nov. 19 at 8:50 AM. See details at end. So, the University of Virginia conducted a formal threat investigation of allegations of student possession of firearms on the Grounds. Except it really didn’t. The accused was found after three murders and two woundings to have possessed in his dorm room…
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Hosting Your First Thanksgiving? Start Now.
by Kerry Dougherty So, you think you’re all grown up just because you’ve graduated from the children’s table? Hah. Truth is, you’re not really an adult until you’ve hosted Thanksgiving dinner. In your own house or apartment, for at least 10 people, with everything made from scratch. Except the rolls, that is. You may buy…
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Forgive and Forget The COVID Kooks? Nope.
by Kerry Dougherty This is rich. The COVID extremists who closed schools, mandated masks and vaccines, laid down nutty curfews, dictated the number of guests we could have in our own homes for Thanksgiving, ordered the elderly to die alone and shuttered churches, now want amnesty. Forgive and forget, they say, nervously. Let’s move on.…
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Blue on Blue: Richmond Progressive Attacks White Feminist Privilege
by James A. Bacon There’s big money in telling White people how racist they are. Ibram X. Kendi and Robin DiAngelo have made millions of dollars doing it. Now Saira Rao, an Indian-American Richmond resident, has figured out how to cash in on the action. Rao has written a book with Colorado co-author Regina Jackson,…
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Clarification and Additional Information
by Dick Hall-Sizemore In a recent article, I discussed the progress that the Department of Education (DOE) and the Board of Education have made toward fulfilling two of the top educational priorities of the administration—increasing the SOL “cut scores” and revamping the school accreditation process. In my research for the article, I overlooked, and thus…
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What does debt cost?
By James C. Sherlock As part of its constant work to refinance the federal debt, the Treasury sold inflation-adjusted bonds today that earn a 9.62% interest rate. Be very afraid.
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The Youngkin Plan for Reversing Learning Loss
by James A. Bacon Now that the National Assessment for Educational Progress has provided irrefutable proof of the collapse in learning in Virginia schools over the past four years, the Youngkin administration can move on from the task of persuading Virginians that they have a problem to actually working the problem. The initiatives that caught…
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Cultural Death Wish
by James A. Bacon In my previous post I gave a just-the-facts-ma’am account of the controversy over the appearance of gay- and fat-rights performance artist Kimberly Dark at the Virginia Military Institute. In this column, I’ll give my personal reaction. There are three elements to the controversy (1) the incident is solid evidence that VMI…