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Critical Lizard Theory Sweeps Nation
By Peter Galuszka Bacon’s Rebellion has been filled with many thumbsuckers about how “Critical Race Theory” is an existential threat to Western Civilization. But now there is a new theory of concern that makes the racial considerations seem, well, so … Continue reading
The Race Industry Can Never Declare Victory
by James C. Sherlock I read an op-ed by Scott Johnston this morning in the Wall Street Journal: “Revolution Consumes New York’s Elite Dalton School.” The subtitle was “Teachers of $54,000 Zoom classes demand a lowering of standards and hiring of … Continue reading
Bacon Bits: Government, Race, and Poverty
Whites need not apply. The initial draft of a Loudoun County Public Schools “student equity ambassador program” barred white students from admission to the program. The selection guidelines said specifically, “This opportunity is open to all Students of Color,” reports … Continue reading
Posted in Education (K-12), Labor and Workforce, Poverty & income gap
Tagged James A. Bacon
Virginia Educational Reform – Place, Class, Race — Or All Three?
by James C. Sherlock I am an optimist by nature. Optimism wins elections, and optimism can bring about democratic change. Governments at their most basic level are created by people to protect themselves from outsiders and to minimize conflicts … Continue reading
Marxist Critical Theory and Education
By James C. Sherlock Perhaps my biggest concern for our society is that Marxist critical theory ideologues have taken over the Graduate Schools of Education. From Jim Bacon’s post earlier: “The new cultural elite is envious and would like to … Continue reading
CRT Critic Carol Swain to Speak May 15
—– Sponsored Content —– Imagine a world where civil discourse triumphs over the divisive rhetoric saturating our daily lives. It seems this reality is slipping away, but amidst the chaos, one visionary offers a solution to the schism pervading our … Continue reading
In Their Own Words: Jefferson, Whiteness, and Dicks in the Sky
Meet Marisa Williamson. The Harvard-educated assistant professor in the University of Virginia art department works in video, image-making, installation and performance art around themes of “history, race, feminism, and technology,” according to her UVA faculty page. Most recently, she … Continue reading
Posted in Culture wars, DEI, Race and Race Relations, Virginia history
Tagged James A. Bacon, University of Virginia
Whose Rights?
by Joe Fitzgerald One thing you have to give the parental rights authoritarians. At least they’re more honest about their goals than some of their thematic ancestors. Slave codes were not slave codes. They were master codes. Leftists in the … Continue reading
Virginia’s a Frequent Battleground in the Expanding Culture War
by Nelson Fegley To discuss this subject properly we first need to define the phrase “Culture War.” With the help of Wikipedia, it may be described as “a cultural conflict between different social groups to impose their own virtues, beliefs … Continue reading
Charlottesville, Its Public Schools and UVa – Part Four – Chronic Absenteeism, Social Promotion, VTSS and UVa’s Ed School
by James C. Sherlock There is a rule: nothing else schools do will matter much for kids who are chronically absent. In Charlottesville, it is the Black children who dominate the chronic absenteeism statistics. Their SOL performance validates the rule. … Continue reading
A Long Time Ago in a World Far Far Away
by Dick Hall-Sizemore This past weekend I went back in Virginia’s history. Waaaay back. Over a billion years back. The occasion was the 2023 Virginia Geological Field Conference. This is an annual event staged by a group of leading geologists … Continue reading
State Elections This Fall: What to Watch
by David J. Toscano (This column was first published in Fights of Our Lives!) Halloween is right around the corner and many Americans are considering whether skeletons and hobgoglins should adorn their homes and how their children will dress for … Continue reading
The Benefits of School Choice and the Risks in the November Elections
from Liberty Unyielding The debate over school choice has tended to focus on whether students learn more as a result. But learning improvements from school choice are probably smaller than improvements in other dimensions, such as civic participation, law abidingness, … Continue reading
Posted in Education (K-12), Elections, General Assembly
Tagged Hans Bader, Liberty Unyielding blog
Voyeurism Isn’t Good for the Soul (or Politics)
by Shaun Kenney The scandal of the week involving Susanna Gibson is an indictment of our politics. Shame on us all for participating in it. HAMLET Get thee ⟨to⟩ a nunnery. Why wouldst thou be a breeder of sinners? I … Continue reading
Can Virginia Republicans Find 500,000 Votes?
by Shaun Kenney Back in November 2019, the Commonwealth of Kentucky was well on its way to being a blue state. That is, until the state’s Republican leadership saw the trend and decided to do something about it. Aided by … Continue reading
Posted in Culture wars, DEI, Demographics, Elections, Politics, Uncategorized
Tagged Shaun Kenney
