So, what almost everyone suspected is now confirmed: Governor Youngkin fired his Superintendent of Public Instruction, Jillian Balow.
Earlier this month, five Memphis police officers were charged with the murder of Tyre Nichols, a young Black man, after severely beating him during a traffic stop.
Why Shouldn’t Virginia’s Felons Have To Ask Their Voting Rights Restored?
And there’s no indication that Gov. Glenn Youngkin is turning down hordes of felons who yearn to cast a ballot. In fact, Youngkin restored the rights of about 4,300 felons in his first year in office. That’s about as many restorations as Governors Tim Kaine and Mark Warner granted during their ENTIRE four year terms.
Maglev & Light Rail: Once Shiny Objects Now Tarnished By Reality
It isn’t often the local newspaper provides two examples of “shiny object stupidity” in a single week. But this week, The Virginian-Pilot delivered.
Karine Jean-Pierre Is Not Good At Her Job
Banks are failing, the U.S. is deep in a proxy war with Russia, inflation is out of control, the president of China is canoodling with the president of Russia and the White House turned Monday’s daily press availability over to celebrities.
Last Gasp For Masks
If my pal had waited a day to see the skin doctor she could have bared her pretty face. In a joint announcement, the region’s healthcare giants: Sentara, Bon Secours, Chesapeake Regional, Riverside and CHKD declared that beginning today face masks were no longer required in their facilities. Finally.
Trumped-Up Charges Coming Against Trump?
The Democrats are on their knees right now - as much as libs are ever on their knees, in prayer anyway - hoping for images of violent pro-Trump protests that they can splash across television ads during the 2024 presidential election campaign.
Don’t take the bait, Trump loyalists.
The Democratic majority in the General Assembly rejected the appointment of Suparna Dutta, a mother, engineer and an immigrant from India, to the Board of Education.
In preparing for the latest round of new additions to its solar generation assets, Dominion Energy Virginia rejected eight privately- developed projects which were substantially cheaper than the projects it wanted to build on its own with ratepayer money.
Bursting The St. Paddy’s Day Bubble
Far be it from me to throw cold water all over your St. Paddy’s Day plans, but if you’re planning to get drunk or gorge on corned beef and cabbage today your American is showing.
UVa, like other higher-ed institutions, is a strange beast. Its rules of governance are unlike those of government, or corporations, or charitable organizations. UVa is more like a feudal institution.
Like Dirty Clothes? Biden’s Got You Covered!
Perhaps you heard. Biden’s Energy Department - the same crowd of maniacs who wanted to ban gas stoves - now wants to outlaw our current washers and bring in low-flows. Green washing machines that use less energy.
Clothes don’t get clean but they use less water and energy than traditional washing machines and are better for the environment!
Not A Bank Bailout?
In essence, the FDIC is breaking its own rules to bailout woke tech and Chinese startup companies that found it easier to bank with SVB than at other, larger institutions.
Be Careful Out There: Daylight Saving Time
Experts say some of us could die from heart attacks or strokes in the next couple of days. Others will get in car wrecks. Students will do poorly on tests. But if we're careful – and remember to eat breakfast – most of us will survive.
Black Students Disappearing from Classrooms Disproportionately in Ten of our Largest School Divisions
Without even bringing up school quality, this is unacceptable if we care about the futures of Black kids.
We have to get them in school. I say “we” because it will be a long-term disaster for both these children and Virginia if we don’t.
I expect the usual suspects will seek to obfuscate what this program so clearly is: government discrimination on the basis of race/ethnicity.
Southern Domination and Beaver Nuggets.
A Buc-ee’s Travel center is coming to Virginia. I’ve heard about this Texas-based chain and its cult-like following, but I’ve never been to one. They’re not truck stops, they’re “one-of-a-kind destinations.”
International People Who Identify As Women Day And There Is No Crying In Politics
Have we ever elected a president who admitted to uncontrollable spells of weeping? Is this what we’re looking for in the next Leader of the Free World, a crybaby?
Soft-On-Crime Va. Democrats' Offal Proposal
It’s worth noting that this odious proposal had the support of a gaggle of influential Richmond Dems who twitch with excitement every time they encounter a bill that favors the felon over the safety of the public .