Tag: Kerry Dougherty
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VEA Honors Senator Who Blocked Charter Schools
by Kerry Dougherty Need proof that Virginia Democrats learned absolutely nothing from last November’s GOP sweep of the top elected jobs in the commonwealth plus control of the House of Delegates? How about this: I am proud to chair the Senate Committee that rejected every attempt to undermine our public schools this year. pic.twitter.com/0O5o4uwo2b —…
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Forgive Student Debt? Nope. Cut College Costs
by Kerry Dougherty I’m tired of bickering with millennials. Every time the topic of student loan forgiveness comes up and I point out that it’s bad form to borrow money you can’t repay, they come at me: College was so much cheaper when you went to school, they whine. Indeed, it was. You know what…
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ACLU Wants Masks on Kids
by Kerry Dougherty It’s official. One of the most malignant organizations in Virginia is the ACLU. These far-left lawyers, who are supposed to be concerned with civil liberties (hey, it’s in their name: the American Civil Liberties Union), sucked their thumbs as Democrat Gov. Ralph Northam stomped all over the civil rights of Virginians for…
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Norfolk Shoot-Out on Granby Street
by Kerry Dougherty In March of 2021, the Virginia Beach oceanfront was the scene of a shooting spree that left two people dead. Last weekend, Norfolk’s Granby Street experienced something similar. These shootings shock the senses, especially when innocent people are among the victims. At least one of the Granby Street victims was a bystander,…
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The Real March Madness
by Kerry Dougherty I can’t watch. It raises my blood pressure. I’m talking about the NCAA Basketball Tournament. For the first time in years I’m not glued to my TV during March Madness. I have my reasons: First, none of the teams that matter to me made the tournament. Second, I’m not in a pool…
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Bad Memories: 15 Days to Slow the Spread
by Kerry Dougherty Happy anniversary, America. It was two years ago today that we surrendered our civil liberties due to hysteria over a virus. Yep, it was March 16, 2020 that we were told to stay home for 15 days to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. Health officials demonstrated how this would work…
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Economics 101: Gas Prices Are Crippling the Working Class
by Kerry Dougherty Don’t you just love it when the sneering class responds to a serious problem with a glib solution? When I wrote earlier this week about soaring gas prices one reader pointed out that her husband bought an electric bike and rides that everywhere. The fact that I prefer to commute to work…
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Purging Asian-Americans from Top Virginia Schools to End
by Kerry Dougherty It’s dangerous to deal in ethnic stereotypes. There’s always a risk of being called racist. But if we can agree that the Irish are great raconteurs and the Canadians are relentlessly polite, can we not also say that many Asian-Americans place a high value on education? How else to explain the large…
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Naked Politics: No Masks for the SOTU!
by Kerry Dougherty It’s a miracle! After two years of constantly hectoring us to wear masks, public health officials and Democratic leaders have now decided that it’s time to lose the face diapers. Just in time for the State of the Union Address! Exquisite timing. Remember, this is just two weeks after Virginia Democrats howled…
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Vodka Signaling: the Latest in Empty Gestures
by Kerry Dougherty You would think that after two years of folks marching around with useless rags on their faces and wearing rubber gloves to grocery shop, we’d be weary of empty gestures. You would be wrong. Over the weekend another kind of mass foolishness gripped the country that was watching in horror as Russia…
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College Professor to White Males: Shut Up
by Kerry Dougherty Oh look. A woke New York sociology professor made headlines and got in hot water over her racist and sexist syllabus. It appears that SUNY Binghamton University has deleted Ana Maria Candela from its faculty directory. With good reason. She was caught bragging that she would use “progressive stacking” in her class…
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CDC Chicanery
by Kerry Dougherty Looks like the jig is up for the CDC. Someone needs to tell the secretive political animals running the agency that when you’ve lost The New York Times, you’re done. On Sunday, The Times published a story criticizing the Centers for Disease Control for hiding massive amounts of data from the public.…
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It’s George Washington’s Birthday, Not President’s Day
by Kerry Dougherty With the horrifying appearance of Covid restrictions in 2020, little battles that once seemed important shriveled in significance. As former Gov. Ralph Northam stomped on Virginians’ civil liberties for almost two years, it seemed silly to slam on the brakes, run inside a local business and demand that they correct the incorrect…
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Dems Do an About-Face on COVID
by Kerry Dougherty Some of us knew right away that it was not just a happy accident that the governors of four blue states suddenly announced two weeks ago that they were rolling back COVID restrictions and scrapping loathsome mask mandates. It was clear that this Road to Damascus moment was triggered by polls. Really…
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Next Up: Strike Down the Airline Mask Mandate
by Kerry Dougherty Hang in there’re kids. Just eight more school days until you can see the smiles of your classmates again and breathe freely. On Tuesday, the Virginia State Senate approved Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s emergency clause to the mask-optional bill that will make the law go live on March 1. Three Democrats joined the…