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Dissecting the Blue Wave: Turnout

Gov. Glenn Youngkin yesterday blamed Tuesday’s shellacking of the Republican Party in Virginia on the government shutdown. “I firmly believe that the government shutdown was a very, very big...

We Lost More Than an Election — Here’s What Comes Next

We lost all three statewide races. We lost 13 House seats. No Republican won outside...

No Energy Crisis Debate? Virginians Deserved Better Before Today’s Vote

With election day now upon us, Virginia voters were short-changed this election cycle, while Democracy...

Letter to the Editor: A free and honest press is appreciated now, more than ever before

I wanted to let you folks know how much I enjoy reading your reporting and...

Don’t Let Partisan Politics Redraw Virginia’s District Lines

Dirty politics? The call for a special session is a calculated political move designed to...

Federal Workers Must SHOW UP

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, we saw a sharp rise in remote work, or telework. We were living through unprecedented times. Telework became an...

Virginia Dems Refuse To Support Female Athletes

By Kerry Dougherty and first published on Bacon's Rebellion and Kerry: Unemployed and Unedited. I’m old. Old enough to remember when there were sane members of...

Tech Complexity and the New Dark Age

By James A. Bacon and originally published on Bacon's Rebellion. Republished here by permission.  There are numerous existential threats to Western Civilization — reckless fiscal...

The Spirit of VMI Speaks: VMI ’74 Leads The Way

Members of VMI’s Class of 1974 released a letter to its Brother Rats last Monday (http://thecadetfoundation.org/vmi74/), challenging its 50th Reunion Committee’s efforts to raise...

What Happened to All Those Promises to Defend Virginia’s Heritage?

By Donald Smith. This was first published in Bacon's Rebellion and is shared here by permission.  Many Bacon’s Rebellion readers — me included — worry that Virginia’s...

The Alumni Rebellion Spreads to JMU

By James A. Bacon and originally published on Bacon's Rebellion. Published here by permission.  A group of James Madison University alumni has organized a new...
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