Bacon’s Rebellion’s rebels are back, branding their metaphorical pitchforks and gesticulating alarmingly! You can read the Oct. 15, 2007 edition here. The website contains archives of five years’ worth of back columns, profiles of our contributors, and a search tool. Make sure you don’t miss an issue of our in-depth columns and articles — sign…

The United States Supreme Court by a vote of 6 to 3 has overturned the decision of the Norwegian Nobel Committee and awarded the 2007 Peace Prize to George W. Bush and the US of A Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The Courts decision turned on the fact that Bush’s calling and performing at the September…

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed a bill that would require the state’s public retirement pension fund to divest itself of holdings in foreign companies that invest in Iran. Said the Governator shortly before signing: “California has a long history of leadership and doing what’s right with our investment portfolio. Last year, I was proud…

Good things are happening behind the scenes in state government. Operational review teams, chaired by members of the General Assembly and staffed by area experts in the Kaine administration, are focusing on ways to cut operational expenses of state government. These teams report to an Operational Review Oversight Committee comprised of Del. Christopher B. Saxman,…

What is it the Mainstream Media says about bloggers — they’re not journalists, they’re careless with the facts? They don’t live up to journalism’s high ethical standards? Hmmm. An interesting case study sheds some light on MSM posturing. Read what Washington Post reporter Sandhya Somashekhar wrote Oct. 10: A state Senate candidate in Virginia has…

Today saw the filing of the first of what will likely be many lawsuits challenging poorly conceived and largely unconstitutional local and state immigration policies being urged on cowed politicians by an increasingly vehement minority whose demands will impose significant legal and other costs on their fellow citizens without meaningful corresponding benefit. Here’s the press…

The debate over this year’s $641 budget shortfall may be a mere prelude to a bigger budget wrangle next year over education spending. Timothy M. Kaine has stumped all over the state for a modest expansion of pre-K programs in Virginia, but that’s chump change compared to the real driver of educational spending: the Standards…

The House of Delegates leadership has identified $170 million in unspent balances by state agencies, calling further into question the necessity of tapping the state’s Rainy Day Fund to address $641 million in revenue shortfalls this year. Stated House Speaker William J. Howell, R-Stafford, and Vincent F. Callahan Jr., R-Fairfax, at a press conference today:…

Does this stink, or what? The little town of Big Stone Gap in the heart of Virginia’s Appalachian coalfields finally has a shot at national recognition. New Yorker Adriana Trigiani, who grew up in the old coal mining town, has written a series of novels set there. And now, Storefront Pictures wants to make a…

Get this — Historic Jamestowne has canceled the annual observance of the anniversary of Bacon’s Rebellion scheduled to take place at Jamestown Island this weekend, reports the Daily Press. Can you believe it? The most important event in Colonial Virginia history between the founding of Jamestown and the Revolutionary War, and they cancel it —…

Does a $641 million revenue shortfall in the state budget justify tapping the state’s Rainy Day Fund? Gov. Timothy M. Kaine thinks it does. He is willing to lay off 74 state workers and reduce the state workforce by another 386 jobs through attrition, saving some $39 million. He’s ordered agency spending cuts of $54…

I confess, this headline is nothing more than a cheap attempt to increase my rankings in the Google-Germany search engine results. How could Germans making a query about “speck” — more properly known in the States as “bacon” — not be intrigued to stumble across a headline that translates literally into “the rebellion of the…

The Wall Street Journal’s Naomi Schaefer Riley looks at college admissions, using the University of Chicago as an example, and comes away from it all with this: As it is, colleges already discount so many of the concrete measures. In addition to ignoring test scores (when it’s convenient), admissions officers have a hard time keeping…

Fewer Virginia middle schools met state benchmarks for full accreditation this year, reports the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Standards of Learning test results released yesterday by the Virginia Department of Education showed that elementary schools and high schools are holding their own, but the percentage of middle schools meeting state benchmarks fell from 71 percent last year…

Following up on Jim’s post from earlier, the AP is reporting that Omeish has resigned from the Immigration Commission in light of a number of videos and other information that has come to light regarding statements the Doctor made regarding U.S. foreign policy, Israel, and “the jihad way.” The Governor’s volte face on this matter…