The day after Hamas’ October 7 terrorist assault on Israel, the Students for Justice in Palestine at UVA issued a statement declaring that “colonized people” had the right to resist oppression “by whatever means they deem necessary.”
The bill “requires that public school teachers be compensated at a rate that is at or above the national average teacher salary. …
Hey Virginia: Hands Off Those Cake Pops
Why is it that government factotums often seem incapable of applying common sense to the enforcement of state regs?
The Epstein List
Being named in the Epstein court papers is not evidence of wrongdoing. Just bad taste in friends.
Harvard’s Alleged Plagiarizing President Is Out
Watching the left twist itself into knots trying to blame conservatives for Claudine Gay’s resignation is amusing. This is really an indictment of box-checking identity politics. Looks like the left got played. Again.
It’s Resolution Time
Is it too late for this untidy person to transform herself into a neat freak?
Critical theory is offered with the caveat that it need not be proven, just asserted. And that those who would try to measure its effects with the scientific method are racist. Or some other form of phobic.
Confederate statues have come down and in some cases – to assure they will never rise again – have been melted down. Schools and roads have been purged of Confederate references.
No Such Thing As A Government Freebie
Every time I saw the CDC promoting “free” covid vaccines, or free covid tests, or the president touting student loan “forgiveness” I want to scream out a reminder that this largesse isn’t a gift. It’s being subsidized by hard-working Americans.
Suicidal Whale Tales
Nature intended only one thing to happen when a marine mammal comes ashore: death. Some people have trouble with that concept, especially those who grew up thinking Flipper and Free Willy were their friends.
Dog Days and Dishwashers
What do cocker spaniels and dishwashers have in common?
Both last about 15 years before they leak on the floor and need a proper burial.
The year is 2023 but it feels as if the calendar has rolled back a hundred years for women and girls in Virginia, and just about anywhere else in the Western world. Hyperbolic? Over the top?
Sadly, no.
The statewide performance of Black kids on Virginia’s SOLs was horrible.
Proposal #1: a 12% cut to state income taxes across all brackets;
Proposal #2: eliminate the car tax.
A Christmas Sweater Story.
The subject of Christmas sweaters is a sensitive one at my house. Especially for my daughter. All because of that Christmas sweater incident back in the early 1990s. It was all my fault. I can see that now. To this day she loathes Christmas couture.
Desperate Dems Engage In Candidate Suppression
The same lefties who howl that asking voters for a photo ID amounts to voter suppression are doing a happy dance over the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to boot Donald Trump from the ballot. Call it what it is: Candidate suppression.