There is no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns had a real and persistent impact on our children’s education. Learning loss continues to be the subject of daily news reports, with SAT and ACT test scores at an all-time low. Overall, math and reading scores on standardized tests are at their lowest level in decades and the college admissions process was thrown into a tailspin when lockdown regulations made taking the traditional SAT and ACT tests difficult.

Legacy Media Plays Catch-Up In Hashmi Case

I’m not naive enough to believe that Hayden Fisher - Hashmi’s Republican opponent - will automatically be declared the winner if the courts believe she violated the law to get on the ballot. It’s more likely that the seat will be vacated and a special election will be called.

Virginia Election Reflections

To deduce that the 2024 election cycle will mean massive losses for the GOP in other locales because of Virginia’s meh night in 2023 is wishful thinking by the left. Especially if Joe biden continues to set the world on fire with his missteps.

Election Day: VOTE

By all accounts today’s General Assembly elections are going to be close. The Republicans need to flip the Senate and hold the House to fully implement the Gov Glenn Youngkin’s common-sense agenda. 

he latest round of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has stirred up emotions at the University of Virginia more than any event since the George Floyd riots. Not only are students holding demonstrations and counter-demonstrations; faculty, parents, and alumni are chiming in.

NYT Cheering For The Enemy

In the days since the October 7th barbaric attack on innocent Israelis sympathy at The New York Times for Hamas has grown. Remember, the paper was quick to report that an Israeli air strike had taken out a Gaza hospital and glacially slow to take it down