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Commentary

The High Cost of Uncertainty for Virginia’s Workers and Businesses

Asked nearly 40 years ago what he needed most, less regulation or lower taxes, a small manufacturer of machine tools replied: “We need both,” he said, “but the thing...

Virginia Clean Energy Laws Blamed for Dominion Price Hike, Not Data Boom

The pending price increase for electricity from Dominion Energy Virginia is higher than the 14%...

Trump’s Double Whammy to Virginia’s Economy

No one can say we weren’t warned. During his debate with then Vice President Kamala Harris,...

Virginia is Ready to Take Full Control of Education

Last night, as promised repeatedly during the campaign, President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order directing Education Secretary Linda...

Virginia General Assembly Recap and Veto/Sign Recommendations for Governor Youngkin

Despite a shortened 2025 General Assembly session due to a water plant failure in Richmond,...

Lt. Gov. Sears Calls For School Choice–“Hope And Future For Every Child”

Lieutenant Governor Winsome Sears (R), the first Black woman to hold that office, recently issued this press release calling on the General Assembly to...

It’s About The Rules

If our first week back showed us anything, it’s that a republic based on democratic principles can be messy. While it may not always...

If This Doesn’t Get You Admitted to UVa, What Will?

By James Bacon and originally published on Bacon's Rebellion and shared here by prior agreement.  The producer of The School of Limmy, a Korean-American neuroscience major...

Moses Ezekiel, Jackson’s Statue, and Institutional Anti-Semitism?

Recently, David Bernstein, the author of Woke Antisemitism: How a Progressive Ideology Harms Jews, remarked: “When you have an ideology that pretends to know...

You Support Free Speech? Show It

By James A. Bacon and first shared on Bacon's Rebellion and shared her by permission. The leaders of Virginia's colleges and universities are increasingly sensitive...

Empty Pews In America

By Kerry Dougherty and first published at Kerry: Unemployed and Unedited and Bacon's Rebellion, and shared here by permission. Of all the disheartening news this...