Author: James A. Bacon
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Two Intrigues of the Utmost Importance to the UVA Community
by the Jefferson Council A number of recent mysterious events have brought into the open serious concerns involving the issues of transparency and accountability—two topics that have been subjects of repeated controversy by various elements of the University community. As devotees of Conan Doyle and the sleuth of Baker Street, we have put on our…
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Nuts & Bolts: Modernizing State IT Systems
In my last Oinkonomics podcast, I asked former Secretary of Finance Steve Cummings to discuss the commonwealth’s travails in upgrading its financial information systems. In the glory days of Virginia journalism, reporters could have mined these remarks for a half dozen articles. Today? Government-efficiency stories don’t generate clickthroughs, so they don’t get written. — JAB…
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Fatal Fairfax Stabbing Sparks Questions About Prosecutor Policies and ICE Cooperation
by Stephanie Lundquist-AroraRepublished with permission from IWFeatures On Feb. 23, Abdul Jalloh, a Sierra Leone national in the country illegally, fatally stabbed Stephanie Minter, a 41-year-old mother, at a bus stop in Fairfax County, Virginia, according to law enforcement. Prior to Minter’s murder, Jalloh, 32, had previously been arrested more than 30 times for multiple offenses, including rape,…
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Why Do Dems Bother?
Assembly majority poised to appoint a judge who hates us. by Joe Fitzgerald Will Democrats in the General Assembly find a way to piss away their majority? Historically, yes. Then they’ll begin looking for a woman to blame it on. (See Filler-Corn, Eileen.) Ranking Democrats are currently defending being on the verge of appointing Todd…
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Fairfax Prosecutor Was Warned Repeatedly About Violent Illegal Alien
by Kerry Dougherty On Wednesday we wrote about the cruel – and preventable – murder of 41-year-old Stephanie Minter in Fairfax County last month. She was stabbed to death at a bus stop allegedly by Abdul Jollah, an illegal alien and a one-man crime spree. He had been arrested at least 30 times for everything…
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Justice for Marvin Waters?
Who, you might wonder, is the victim Marvin Waters? From his family’s GoFundMe page: “On Tuesday, June 10, 2025, our beloved Marvin Waters was taken from us in the most heartbreaking and violent way. “He was stabbed and killed while waiting at a bus stop near Richmond Highway and North Kings Highway in Groveton, Fairfax County, Virginia.…
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Albemarle School Board Moves to Shut Down TPUSA Chapter
by Victoria Manning The Albemarle School Board is trying to shut down the largest TPUSA chapter in the nation after the TPUSA club scheduled Erika Kirk to speak at its April meeting. Current district policy allows outside speakers on campus. But the school board recently attempted to shut down another conservative speaker attending the TPUSA…
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Losing Trust
Fairfax County Public Schools: more money, fewer students by Stephanie Lundquist-Arora There has been a significant decline in enrollment in Virginia’s largest public school district. Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) experienced the largest drop in student enrollment of any district in the state from 2015 to 2025, according to the University of Virginia Weldon Cooper…
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Tightening the Nuts and Bolts
Former Secretary of Finance Steve Cummings explains how the Youngkin administration saved hundreds of millions of dollars a year through tighter financial controls: more internal audits, better cash flow management, stronger cyber-security, and attention to nuts-and-bolts financial management. Jim Bacon: Greetings, everyone. I’m Jim Bacon, and this is the Oinkonomics podcast. In our last podcast,…
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Democrat Groups Invest $19 Million to Pass Redistricting Referendum
by Ken Reid Republicans have so far failed to get the state courts to stop an April 21 referendum to suspend bipartisan redistricting and enable the Democrat-controlled General Assembly to draw new maps to give them a 10-1 advantage in U.S. House races this fall. And it would also seem Republicans are at a disadvantage…
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While Del. Rasoul Condemns ICE, Illegal Alien Stabs Fredericksburg Woman to Death
by Scott Dreyer On Monday, February 23, Stephanie Minter, 41, of Fredericksburg, was found stabbed to death at a Fairfax County bus stop with multiple knife wounds to the upper body. Minter was a mother whose life was ended far too soon. The next day, police arrested Abdul Jalloh, 32, from Sierra Leone, who entered…
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Spanberger’s Illegal-Aliens-First Agenda
by Kerry Dougherty Sadly, the House of Delegates holds the power of impeachment for “mal-administration, corruption or endangering the state” and controlled by far-left politicians who agree with Spanberger’s Illegal-Aliens-First agenda. So there is no path to abort her governorship. Yet. Perhaps you heard, on Monday, February 23, a 41-year-old woman named Stephanie Minter was…