Author: sherlockj
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Virginia’s Law on Sterilization and Child Gender Transition Procedures
By James C. Sherlock A recent article on this site on medical and surgical procedures for gender transition in children drew more than 100 comments. There is no Virginia law that controls this process for children. But we have a law governing sterilization that appears to make sterilization of a child under 18, by extension,…
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The “Occasional” Butchery of Children
By James C. Sherlock The New York Post wrote recently: At 12 years old, Chloe Cole decided she was transgender. At 13, she was put on puberty blockers and prescribed testosterone. At 15, she underwent a double mastectomy. Less than a year later, she realized she’d made a mistake. Note the gracious acceptance of agency…
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Naming Rights, Wrongs, Multiple Choices and “Malicious Misgendering” in Fairfax County Schools
By James C. Sherlock I believe that we can agree by acclamation that Ms. is the greatest English-language honorific devised since Agincourt. The fact that it has its origins in its co-honorific “mistress” is beside the point. “Ms.” has mitigated millions of social discomforts by letting people address a woman without knowledge of her marital…
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Sen. McClellan Charges Racism as Va. Health Commissioner works to Improve Health of Black Mothers and Babies
By James C. Sherlock The left will not be swayed from invoking racism in every situation, everywhere. They deploy that charge especially disgracefully when conservatives attempt to help poor people be healthier, better educated, safer and more successful. Because those actually are not the objectives of the left. They simply don’t care about such things.…
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Hoos the Best Software Engineering School?
by James C. Sherlock Sometimes we get nice surprises. Yesterday was one of those days. A friend on the UVa Board of Visitors sent me a report by CodeSignal. Founded in 2015, (CodeSignal is) the first company to develop an objective skills-based assessment platform that can be used as a standard for technical hiring. The report…
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America’s Petroleum Refining Capacity in the News – What is Going On?
By James C. Sherlock This is a note about perhaps the highest profile national inflation issue, the price of gasoline and diesel. The President is demanding more supply from U.S. refineries. Headlines like this one blare at us today: Biden threatens oil companies with ’emergency powers’ if they don’t boost supply amid inflation spike. The…
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Virginia State Policy Guidance Discourages Reporting of Gang-Related Assaults in Schools
By James C. Sherlock Over the last four years I always found it necessary to monitor the workings and products of both the Virginia Board of Education (BOE) appointed by two Democratic Governors and Governor Northam’s Virginia Department of Education (VDOE). The amount of radical and objectively dangerous policy that came out of that system…
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Democracy Dies in Sophistry
by James C. Sherlock All should note the article, “Average U.S. gas prices top $5 a gallon, as surging energy costs squeeze economy,” in The Washington Post. The same Washington Post that is the only newspaper for most Northern Virginians who get one. That article shows again the depths to which the progressive press will…
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The Richmond Free Press on Year-Round Schooling
by James C. Sherlock I have been a reader of the Richmond Free Press (RFP) for a while now. I became a fan in 2017 when I came across the story. “Former NASA ‘hidden figure’ advises students to chart own course.” Brilliant stuff. The RFP provides an irreplaceable window into the Black experience in Richmond. I just…
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Fairfax County and Protection of Supreme Court Justices Revisited
by James C. Sherlock In response to the adjacent exhortation by Fairfax County from its home page, I am speaking up. Defend the homes of the Supreme Court Justices who live in your county. I offer breaking news to many who only read and watch progressive media, including the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. Justice Kavanaugh…
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Gang Activity in Richmond Public Schools Not Reported to Police
by James C. Sherlock I am seldom surprised by the policies and actions of the Richmond Public Schools (RPS). When I read of the handling by RPS of federally funded ChromeBooks — an inventory of nearly 45,000 with over 20,000 unused and nearly 2,000 more unaccounted for — to support a student population of 21,000…
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Don’t Break a Leg Looking for Baby Food
by James C. Sherlock Iodinated contrast media (ICM) are diagnostic imaging support drugs containing iodine that are given to patients to enhance the ability to see blood vessels and organs on medical images such as X-rays or computed tomography (CT) scans. These images provide greater detail when necessary to help health care professionals diagnose potential…
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The Defense Production Act as a Political Tool to Boost Solar Farms
by James C. Sherlock We have had multiple discussions, good ones, on the issues surrounding solar farms in Virginia. Jim Bacon wrote an excellent column about it in February of 2021 titled “The Political Economy of Solar Farms.” It was good then and prescient as of yesterday. He wrote another one two days earlier. From that…
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“Toxic” Parents in Harrisonburg
by James C. Sherlock Harrisonburg City Public Schools (HCPS) have a tough row to hoe. April Howard, HCPS chief officer for student support, noted in a presentation to the school board on October 19 of 2021: Fall 2021 Student Trends ➔ Observations of increased anxiety ➔ Increased school refusal ➔ Increased reports of suicidal ideation—utilization…
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Irish-Americans in Northern Virginia Caught in COVID Fraud
by James C. Sherlock I am of Irish heritage. Grandparents and great grandparents on both sides immigrated to America in the 19th century. Imagine my shame when I read a recent news release from the Department of Justice. My people have taken entrepreneurialism a step too far.