The conservative majority sent a signal that nine months into this pandemic, it’s time governors stopped stomping on constitutional rights.
The Pick-Your-Expert Game, Virginia Schools Division
A story by Dana Goldstein published in the New York Times on June 30, 2020, illustrates America’s new favorite parlor game: Pick your expert.
A Clear Victory for Civil Liberties
Last night, the Supreme Court court ruled 5-4 to bar New York Governor Andrew Cuomo from enforcing his “Cluster Initiative” against houses of worship. This ruling was on a suit brought by two of those, a Catholic Church and a synagogue.
A Scent Of The Old Sod
"Peat? You mean, like, dirt? I'm going all the way to Ireland and you want me to carry home a chunk of dried Irish dirt?"
Don't Dis Canned Cranberries
If you’re at my table, you’re getting the canned variety – whole berries in a bowl and the log on a plate.
Chesapeake: Putting Kids First
Remote learning is a misnomer. It’s remote failing for many children.
Northam Administration’s Curious Concern For Criminals
The parole board works for us. Its job is not to use squishy standards to release hardened criminals back into the community. The first priority of the board should be protection of the law-abiding public.
Thanksgiving Secrets
Thanks to despotic governors and other meddling government officials, Thanksgiving shaming is a thing this year.
Public School Accountability Compromised Again
Having scrapped the Standards of Learning (SOL) exams for Virginia public school students during the COVID-19 spike last spring, the Virginia Department of Education plans to relax its standardized testing requirements again this spring. In addition, school divisions will be given “greater flexibility” in awarding students credits towards graduation.
I Thought It Was All About the “Science”
Governor Ralph Northam likes to say he follows the “science” and the “data” when promulgating rules to fight the spread of the COVID-19 virus. But he admitted yesterday that the latest round of lockdown measures — which included ordering children as young as five to wear masks — was inspired by images in the media.
Attorney General Mark Herring Takes Aim At Gun Show
What’s the difference between thousands of people roaming around “unchecked” in a Walmart or at a gun show besides the merchandise?
Reopen Public Schools or Provide Education Choice
There has not been a single case of COVID transmission in Virginia Beach Public Schools.
Arbitrary and Capricious Rules For Thanksgiving
With America’s most beloved holiday just a week away, some power-mad politicians seem determined to stick their noses into our dining rooms.
Cancel Student Debt? Kiss The Working Class Goodbye.
Why should America’s waiters, plumbers and laborers pay off the student loans of doctors, lawyers and MBAs?
Conservatives in Academia?
If you wonder why your conservative high school student emerged from college spouting liberal slogans and voting Democratic, blame the lack of diversity in higher education.
Save Us Georgia!
They’ll be electing two senators the first week in January and they’re getting something the rest of America didn’t get before heading to the polls earlier this month: A peek at what Joe Biden’s dark winter will look like.
Man, That’s the Last Time I Say Something Nice about the Guy!
Serves me right. Just yesterday, I praised Governor Ralph Northam for not panicking in the face of rising COVID-19 cases in Southwest Virginia and slapping arbitrary, economy-stifling restrictions on the entire state.
COVID-19 Peaks in SW Virginia, No Cause for Panic Elsewhere
Spread of the COVID-19 virus is gaining momentum as the weather cools, and news reports from around the country are raising the alarm that hospitals are at risk of being swamped by a fresh surge in patients.
Let Georgia Elect Its Senators
Is this the latest Democratic gambit? To have voters moving around the country like human chess pieces, for purposes of casting votes in places where they do not live?