A memo to staff at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital last Thursday showed nine Covid patients in regular rooms. Two in ICU. None on ventilators. This is terrific news. Why all the secrecy?
Beach Delegate To Richmond: We Need A Plan To Reopen Virginia Beach
A letter signed by Del. Jason Miyares and supported by 100 doctors, dentists, builders, restaurateurs and assorted business people asks Gov. Ralph Northam to consider the damage being done to Virginia Beach by his indefinite shutdown order.
Virginia’s Leaders Traffic in Gloom and Doom
The person spreading fear and misinformation on Friday was one of Northam’s lieutenants. He ought to be sacked.
A Little Out of Sorts
Nobody is quite themselves these days.
Including me, evidently.
Northam Is Using the Wrong Metric to Guide Lock Down
The Governor has no idea whether the number of COVID-19 cases is increasing or shrinking. The state’s capacity to administer tests is so inadequate.
Northam to Virginians in Pain: Your Elective Surgery Can Wait.
What initially seemed like overly cautious decisions by a risk-adverse governor is starting to look like something else: Meglomania.
Parole Board Frees Murderers
The freeing frenzy included some of the commonwealth’s most violent criminals, including several convicted of capital murder.
Ralph “No Hope” Northam
If the governor keeps the beaches closed beyond June 10, it will be catastrophic. He has to stop moving the goalposts.
From China, With Love
In less than six weeks we’ve seen most of America’s governors racing to adopt Chinese-style tactics against law-abiding Americans in the name of managing a pandemic.
COVID19 Testing: Tennessee Versus Virginia
Much has been written about the paucity of COVID-19 testing in Virginia.
Joe Biden, Marinated Memories and The Media
When it comes to allegations of sexual assault the press has a double standard.
In the Garden, How to Prune Azaleas
Get out your pruners and head for your azaleas. Now, at the end of their bloom, it’s time to shape them.
A COVID-19 Bail Out for Newspapers Would Perpetuate a Dying Business Model
Virginia’s two U.S. senators, Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, have joined 17 colleagues in signing a letter calling for emergency COVID-19 funding for regional and local news outlets.
Nursing Home Horror
Some residents are living three-to-a-room at the Canterbury Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center outside of Richmond.
The Canterbury Tragedy and the Failed Virginia Department of Health
Canterbury Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center in Richmond is the location of the largest number of nursing home deaths from COVID-19 in the country.
BACON'S REBELLION: COVID-19 Update: Yup, the Virus Has Plateaued
Perhaps it is time for Governor Ralph Northam to declare victory and move on.
Let Them Eat Ice Cream
I don’t know who’s advising this out-of-touch octogenarian, but that knothead should be fired.
HE SAID, SHE SAID: This Shutdown Is Getting Old
As for wine and Cheerios — well, most connoisseurs would recommend a crisp chenin blanc, but I think a light Spanish rioja works just as well. A-salud’.
Limits on Liberty: Where's the Outrage?
Where are the brave defenders of civil liberties when ordinary Americans need them? Their silence is deafening.