Author: James A. Bacon
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The Perry Family Lawyers Up
by James A. Bacon In a news conference yesterday the parents of D’Sean Perry, one of three University of Virginia football players slain in a mass shooting last month, called for changes to gun laws and faulted UVa for failing to boot their son’s killer off campus. Said D’Sean’s father Sean Perry: “(We want) to…
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Heads I Win, Tails You Lose
by James A. Bacon I’m so confused. We’ve been hearing for years that air pollution from fossil fuel plants disproportionately impacts minorities. Take, for example, a 2018 Environmental Protection Agency study which found that African-Americans faced a 54% higher health burden from particulate air emissions like soot compared to the overall population. Systemic racism was…
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Virginia Beach Throws Millions At the Family of Donovon Lynch
by Kerry Dougherty Oh, look. Virginia Beach just agreed to make the family of the late Donovon Lynch millionaires. The city announced Tuesday that the Lynch estate is getting $3 million. The city council approved the payout. You remember Lynch, don’t you? He was the 25-year-old who was shot and killed by a police officer…
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UVa Law Rejects U.S. News Ranking Methodology
by James A. Bacon The University of Virginia School of Law has announced that it will no longer cooperate with U.S. News & World Report in compiling its ranking of top law schools. The school currently ranks No. 8 in the country. Here’s the reason given by Dean Risa Goluboff: “As they currently stand, the…
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To Address Root Causes of Crime, Ban Convenience Stores!
by James A. Bacon Now that the City of Richmond has expunged the scourge of the Confederate memorials that were blighting the eyes of residents — the last statue, of General A.P. Hill, was removed yesterday — City Council finally can turn its attention to less pressing matters such as violent crime and failing schools.…
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Violent Crime Wave? What Violent Crime Wave?
And this, my god. The rate of gun homicides among Black men is right back to where it was at the height of the early 90's wave of violence. Keep that in mind the next time someone tries to minimize the current resurgence. pic.twitter.com/GTFRzWCL5l — Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis) November 30, 2022 Who’s more racist —…
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Helping Minorities Thrive in STEM
by James A. Bacon There is a shortage of doctors, scientists, engineers and other employees with STEM (science, technology, engineering, and medicine) backgrounds in the U.S. economy. One reason is that American institutions of higher education aren’t turning out enough graduates with STEM degrees. And a big reason for that is that roughly half the…
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About that Bestiality Post…
I have received several responses from readers who were shocked by a recent post. Was I serious about contextualizing the behavior of a Hampton Roads man for videotaping an act of bestiality with his dog? The answer is NO, I was not serious! I was being totally tongue in cheek when I asked if the…
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Red Brick or Limestone for the Temple of Democracy?
by James A. Bacon The University of Virginia’s newly formed Karsh Institute of Democracy will be housed in a signature building, a key part of the Ivy Road corridor in Charlottesville that will include an Olympic sports center, the football program, the School of Data Science, a conference center, and structured parking. Expecting to invite…
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Just Asking…
A 45-year-old Hampton man, Timothy Raymond Moran, has pleaded guilty in circuit court to committing bestiality with his dog in 2021, reports The Virginian-Pilot. A nephew reported finding video footage that showed Moran receiving oral sex from his dog, JB, at his aunt’s home. Penalties could include five years in prison and a fine of…
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How UVa Responded to Grief
by James A. Bacon The shooting of five University of Virginia students Nov. 13 on a bus back from a field trip in Washington, D.C., was understandably traumatic for the young people who witnessed the horror, as it was for family and close friends of the victims, three of whom died. Indeed, the event was…