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Behaving Like A Commonwealth During Covid-19
May 6

May 6 Behaving Like A Commonwealth During Covid-19

Kerry Dougherty

Come to think of it, wouldn’t it serve the common good - the common wealth - for at least part of Virginia to be back in business and generating revenue to send to Richmond?

Pandemic Platitudes
May 5

May 5 Pandemic Platitudes

Kerry Dougherty

What editor would ever allow a reporter to use the hackneyed phrase “new normal”?

Virginia’s Parole Board Frees Another Killer
May 4

May 4 Virginia’s Parole Board Frees Another Killer

Kerry Dougherty
Killers On The Loose

There are some crimes so grotesque, so heinous, that no matter how young the perpetrator, the killer has forfeited his right to ever walk freely among us.

Manners by Mail
May 3

May 3 Manners by Mail

Krys Stefansky
Krys Is NOT Amused

Find a tasteful greeting card during a pandemic. Go ahead. Try.

Why Virginia Was So Slow to Ramp up Testing
May 2

May 2 Why Virginia Was So Slow to Ramp up Testing

Kerry Dougherty
Bacon's Rebellion

While the Northam administration was complaining of how difficult it was to acquire testing materials, commercial labs were saying they had significant excess capacity.

Another Symptom of Covid-19: Incivility
May 1

May 1 Another Symptom of Covid-19: Incivility

Kerry Dougherty
Screams From Suburbia

Not sure I can take any more of the venom and hostility directed at anyone who dares to question the state shutdowns or suggest they’ve gone on long enough.

Virginia Parole Board Frees Another Killer
Apr 30

Apr 30 Virginia Parole Board Frees Another Killer

Kerry Dougherty
Killers On The Loose

Meet another lucky felon who’s about to be freed: Dwayne Markee Reid, 45. This Suffolk man was involved in two slayings, according to prosecutors and was sentenced to life.

Masks And Common Sense
Apr 29

Apr 29 Masks And Common Sense

Kerry Dougherty
Screams From Suburbia

News flash: We need oxygen. Masks obstruct it. That’s why exercising in a mask is a bad idea. And driving in one is dangerous.

Statewide Elective-Surgery Ban is Medical Malpractice
Apr 28

Apr 28 Statewide Elective-Surgery Ban is Medical Malpractice

James A. Bacon
Bacon's Rebellion

The number of COVID-19 patients at the 663-bed Carilion Medical Center Sunday night: two.

Why All The Secrecy About Hospital Beds And Covid?
Apr 28

Apr 28 Why All The Secrecy About Hospital Beds And Covid?

Kerry Dougherty

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
Apr 27

Apr 27 Beach Delegate To Richmond: We Need A Plan To Reopen Virginia Beach

Kerry Dougherty
Politics

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
Apr 27

Apr 27 Virginia’s Leaders Traffic in Gloom and Doom

Kerry Dougherty
Rants & Raves

The person spreading fear and misinformation on Friday was one of Northam’s lieutenants. He ought to be sacked.

A Little Out of Sorts
Apr 26

Apr 26 A Little Out of Sorts

Krys Stefansky
Krys Is NOT Amused

Nobody is quite themselves these days.

Including me, evidently.

Northam Is Using the Wrong Metric to Guide Lock Down
Apr 25

Apr 25 Northam Is Using the Wrong Metric to Guide Lock Down

Kerry Dougherty
Bacon's Rebellion

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.
Apr 24

Apr 24 Northam to Virginians in Pain: Your Elective Surgery Can Wait.

Kerry Dougherty
Rants & Raves

What initially seemed like overly cautious decisions by a risk-adverse governor is starting to look like something else: Meglomania.

Parole Board Frees Murderers
Apr 23

Apr 23 Parole Board Frees Murderers

Kerry Dougherty
Killers On The Loose

The freeing frenzy included some of the commonwealth’s most violent criminals, including several convicted of capital murder.

Ralph “No Hope” Northam
Apr 22

Apr 22 Ralph “No Hope” Northam

Kerry Dougherty
Rants & Raves

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
Apr 21

Apr 21 From China, With Love

Kerry Dougherty

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
Apr 20

Apr 20 COVID19 Testing: Tennessee Versus Virginia

James A. Bacon
Bacon's Rebellion

Much has been written about the paucity of COVID-19 testing in Virginia.

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