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COVID and Labor Shortages Are Aggravating Virginia’s Mental Health Crisis
by James A. Bacon The story made big headlines earlier this month when the Northam administration announced that five of the Commonwealth’s eight mental health institutions have stopped taking new patients. Two things are happening to make a chronically bad situation worse. First, the number of patients referred to state hospitals through Temporary Detention Orders…
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UVa, Wokeness, and Rooms on the Lawn
by James A. Bacon Once upon a time in a galaxy far far way, it was considered a great honor among 4th-year University of Virginia students to be selected for residence on the Lawn — the architectural heart of the university designed by Thomas Jefferson and now designated a world heritage site. The accommodations were…
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What Is a Farming Landowner to Do?
by Jim Kindig My 3rd great grandfather came to Augusta County in the 1820s, cleared land and established crops on land that is still in our family. Several of my neighbors could tell similar stories. We love farming, but it’s a hard life. Incredible increases in productivity have kept agricultural commodity prices depressed for 80…
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Only the Courts Are Protecting Virginians – Again
by James C. Sherlock Barton Swain explores a topic in the Wall Street Journal that bears examination in Virginia. He makes a profound observation: “The sheer illogic of (the Texas election laws) controversy captures something essential about culture-war progressives. They are able to embrace a cause, condemn dissenters and doubters as monsters, and experience no…
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The Left’s Plan to Drive a Huge Shortage of K-12 Teachers
by James C. Sherlock The left has designed Critical Race Theory (CRT) and Socio-Emotional Learning (SEL) in no small part to drive current K-12 teachers with traditional values out of the profession. Leftists hope to have set in motion a five-step process: It will be clear in a couple of years that the plan has…
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Flooding the Zone at VDOE
by James C. Sherlock The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) is absolutely relentless. Defenders in a zone defense in football are responsible for areas of the field, rather than following a specific receiver. Offenses often attack these defenses by flooding a zone — sending three receivers into an area covered by two defenders. But…
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Richmond Public Schools Show No Progress on Staff COVID Vaccinations
by James C. Sherlock Last updated Just 15 at 4:16 PM I have long taken a personal interest in the City of Richmond Public Schools (RPS). Its students have a right under the Virginia constitution to a quality education that they are systematically denied. RPS has utterly failed to educate the children under its care. The…
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Facebook Update
As Bacon’s Rebellion readers know, Facebook has begun rejecting the most anodyne of ads promoting our website on the grounds that they address “social” or electoral issues. But the social media giant does have a mechanism for people to prove they are not bots. I am in the process of jumping through the necessary hoops,…
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Stop the Presses: It’s July, and It’s Kinda Hot
by Kerry Dougherty As I was walking my dog yesterday morning a neighbor who was climbing into his car greeted me with this weather warning: “It’s going to be 96 today!” Yep, it’s hot around here. Humid, too. We’re withering in the heat. Sizzling in the sun. Smothering in the humidity. How bad is it?…
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Thank You for Your Support
Thank you, thank you, Bacon’s Rebellion readers. I have received more than the $880 I need to pursue the Freedom of Information Act query into the use of No Trespass Warnings at the University of Virginia. No need to send more for now… But I may be coming back with a follow-up request. — JAB
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Wake Up, Everybody!
by Walter Smith The stupor of Covidiocy has infected all levels of society and greatly damaged our social fabric. Out of fear and suppression of common sense and stories contradictory to “the narrative,” Americans are accepting an assault on their liberties, and have been blinded to see it – even pooh-poohing skeptics like me as…
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Bacon M.I.A.
So much to say, so little time! Unfortunately, I’ll be Missing in Action over the next few days while attending to family matters. I’ll parachute in, if time permits. But I’m counting on the rest of the Bacon’s Rebellion team to cover for me in my absence. — JAB