Bear With Us During A Slow News Week

The appearance of four bears - and the fact that it occurred on Bruin Drive - was a gift to bored journalists. There is nothing news outlets crave more during the dead week between Christmas and New Years than a human interest story with a happy ending. Cuddly animals? Irresistible.

Bette Midler Turns Her Fury On West Virginians

I’ve got news for Midler and the rest of her ilk: Liberals may look down on people in conservative swaths of the country. But it’s folks in those places who provide the energy that keeps America’s lights on and grow the crops that keep America fed. Show a little respect.

Lame Duck Northam Tries To Piggyback on Youngkin’s Success

Northam had four years to scrap the regressive grocery tax that squeezes the poor more than the rich. Four years to convince his fellow Democrats to do away with a tax on every loaf of bread sold in the commonwealth. But Northam and his smug pals in Richmond were too busy springing murderers from prison and passing silly bills about balloon releases to care about a tax on food.

Countdown To Freedom: 32 Days

Gov. Glenn Youngkin will be inaugurated on January 15th and Virginians will be safe from any more sudden and erratic mandates from Richmond. In fact, according to my Youngkin Countdown to Freedom Calendar, there are just 32 days left in Ralph Northam’s term.