We don’t know who won the presidential election, and we probably won’t know for days, if not weeks. Still, we can draw some meaningful conclusions.
Tuesday’s Big Loser: Nancy Pelosi
Under her leadership it looks like Democrats lost at least 8 seats in the House, when they’d been gleefully predicting gains of about 15.
Election Season 2020: It’s Not Over
If Biden wins, he’ll have to forgive Trump supporters for not joining hands with Democrats for a national Kumbaya singalong.
Election Night Hot Takes
We were warned that there would be no clear winner on Election Night. Turns out, that was one of the few predictions this year that was right.
Election Day Picks
In past elections, we announced our favorites, because you asked for them. This year, with so much early voting, it seemed fruitless. But a number of emails came in over the weekend asking for our picks, so here we go.
The Boarding Up of America
This is not happening because businesses fear that disgruntled Trump voters will begin looting. It’s the left. It’s always the left.
Is Love More Powerful than Hate on UVa’s Lawn?
My prediction: The administration’s first instinct will be to ignore the incident in the hope that it will just go away. Its second instinct, if pressed, will be to find some pharisaical distinction why the one is different from the other, how the one warrants protection and the other doesn’t. We’ll see…
America’s New Ruling Class: Washington Post Edition
That didn’t take long. In the wake of Washington Post articles alleging systemic racism at the Virginia Military Institute, the Board of Visitors voted Thursday to remove the statue of Stonewall Jackson from its campus.
Girl Scouts Cave To The Mob
I wish I could find my faded Girl Scout sash with its clumsily sewn-on badges. I’d send it back to this cowardly club that violated all of its own principles this week.
Radical Idea: Elections Should End On Election Day
I hesitate to ask, but how bad of a procrastinator must you be to be dropping a ballot in the mail on Election Day itself - or the day after - expecting it to count?
Getting It Right: Stonewall Jackson.
Virtually every Virginian knows that Lt. Gen. Stonewall Jackson was mortally wounded at the Battle of Chancellorsville after being hit by friendly fire.
Casino Gambling. A Risky Bet.
Instead of getting something like Las Vegas’ Bellagio, Tidewater may wind up with something like the dreary riverboat gambling outposts along the Mississippi or the slots slums of Dover.
Media Ignores Hunter Biden Scandal
It’s been radio silence from these suddenly circumspect “muckrakers” on emails that reveal naked influence peddling by the degenerate younger Biden and hint that Joe Biden himself was aware of his son’s activities and possibly even profited from them.
Envision This: a Lawn with No Signage
Criticism has focused on a student’s use of profanity in a sign on the door of her Lawn residence. Although the university has rules against the indiscriminate display of signage, it has not enforced them in recent years.
Wind and the Grid: a Precautionary Tale from the U.K.
So, you think the rolling blackouts experienced in California were a fluke and of no relevance to Virginia?
Virginia's Driving-In-The-Dark Bill Is Dead
A bill so boneheaded that even Gov. Ralph Northam couldn’t sign it. Yet it passed both houses of the General Assembly.
Who Is Tony Bobulinski?
He’s a Virginia Beach native and a Kempsville High School graduate who is at the center of this presidential election’s October Surprise and will be President Donald Trump’s special guest at tonight’s debate.
Flyover Country
Is it asking too much for sports announcers not to sully events with their dopey takes on politics?
Open The Schools. Now.
The societal cost of closed schools is unfathomable, while the risk of the virus in school settings is minimal.