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We Need to Help That Poor Billionaire Out
by Dick Hall-Sizemore With all the huffing and puffing about CRT, face masks, and “wokeism” at UVa, Bacon’s Rebellion has ignored what could be the biggest scam in the General Assembly: the subsidization of an ultrarich guy and his plan … Continue reading
Posted in Business and Economy, Economic development, General Assembly
Tagged Dick Hall-Sizemore
The Blind Leading the Blind
by James A. Bacon Some people believe whatever they want to believe, and no recitation of contradictory facts will sway them. That seems to be the case with the new editorial writer at the Roanoke Times. In an opinion piece … Continue reading
The Governor’s Surge
We’ll know soon if the rest of us get what the unvaxed voted for. by Joe Fitzgerald Virginia’s governor ran on a platform to protect children from critical race theory and expose them to COVID. The first goal was moot, … Continue reading
Two “Day One” Proposals Fail
by Dick Hall-Sizemore Glenn Youngkin is quickly learning that being governor is not like being CEO of a large corporation. Just because the guy at the top wants something done does not mean that it will be done. One of … Continue reading
Who Needs a Stinkin’ Honorary Degree Anyway?
by James A. Bacon Governor Glenn Youngkin is scheduled to speak at the College of William & Mary’s Charter Day ceremony in three days, when he will receive an honorary degree. Taking umbrage at his stance against Critical Race Theory … Continue reading
Atif Qarni’s Alternate Universe
by James A. Bacon Atif Qarni, Virginia’s recently- departed secretary of education, has penned an opinion piece for The Washington Post that raises an important question (and I’m not being hyperbolic here): Is the man who oversaw Virginia K-12 and … Continue reading
Energy Reform Bills Due for Decisions Soon
by Steve Haner First published this morning by the Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy. The highest priority on a Virginia energy reform agenda proposed a few weeks ago was restoring State Corporation Commission oversight over decisions on massive renewable … Continue reading
A Win! Va. Ed Dept Removes “Virginia Math Pathways Initiative”
by Asra Q. Nomani Yes, Virginia, there is critical race theory in the state. Read our examples at Parents Defending Education. There were 20. Now, there are 19. In their first week in office, Jillian Balow, the new Virginia superintendent of schools, … Continue reading
The New McCarthyism at UVa
by Joel Gardner One of my earliest memories is sitting with my mother as a pre-kindergartener watching the McCarthy hearings in the spring of 1954. Television was a new medium for most American households and the bombastic anti-communist antics of … Continue reading
A Taste of Tyranny
Testimony of Arthur Purves, president of the Fairfax County Taxpayers Alliance, at a hearing held by the Fairfax delegation to the General Assembly January 8. Thank you for this hearing. I have five topics. First, it was 19 degrees this … Continue reading
Meritocracy Against the Wokes
Progressive Democrats are awfully riled up about the term “meritocracy” in Youngkin’s EO 1 — and they ought to be. by Shaun Kenney Poor Democrats — they haven’t been this ruffled about Republicans taking over Richmond since 1865. Truly, it’s … Continue reading
Is Resistance Forming to Youngkin’s Education Agenda?
by James A. Bacon A day after Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin announced the appointment of two vocal opponents of Critical Race Theory-inspired policies in public schools, the Virginia Association of School Superintendents (VASS) has announced a new executive director… who is … Continue reading
Boom! Youngkin Drops a Bomb on Virginia’s Educational Establishment
by James A. Bacon Signaling his intention to transform Virginia’s public school system, Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin announced today the appointment of outsiders to the positions of superintendent and assistant superintendent of public instruction — the top two officials in the … Continue reading
Youngkin Expounds on His Expansive Economic-Development Vision
by James A. Bacon Virginia’s economy has grown at a sluggish 0.9% compounded annual rate of growth over the past eight years, says Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin, and he wants to get it “really cranked up” to a normalized rate of … Continue reading
Posted in Economic development, Education (K-12), Labor and Workforce
Tagged James A. Bacon
Northam Blinks: State Tax Cuts Coming
by Steve Haner First published by the Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy. Virginia’s leaders are no longer debating whether to cut state taxes. The argument now will be over how to cut state taxes. Outgoing Democratic Governor Ralph Northam … Continue reading
