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Nooses, Masks and Double Standards
by James A. Bacon In the fall of 2022 a furtive figure was caught on videotape draping a noose around the Homer statue on the Grounds of the University of Virginia. The university administration immediately declared the act a hate crime. University police launched an investigation, enlisting the FBI to help in the search for…
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Musical Chairs
by Dick Hall-Sizemore One of the most potent powers of the Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates is the assigning of members to committees and designating the chair of each committee. He has sole prerogative over this important function. Speaker-designate Don Scott (D-Portsmouth) has broken a little with tradition (in addition to the other…
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Most ‘Diverse’ General Assembly in Virginia History Takes Over in January
by Ken Reid The new post-redistricting Virginia General Assembly that will take control in January, probably with a Democrat majority, will be the most ethnically, racially and religiously diverse group of legislators in Richmond in history, and about ¼ will be female. In addition, some 52 of the 140 members of the General Assembly will…
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Another Local Newspaper Shuts Down
by Dick Hall-Sizemore A local newspaper closing down is not really news these days. However, the circumstances surrounding the News & Record in South Boston in Southside Virginia and its shutting down are unusual. In addition, the news is personal to me. For as long as I can remember, the South Boston/Halifax County area has…
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Miyares Calls for Moral Clarity Regarding Pro-Hamas Demonstrators
by James A. Bacon On the evening of Aug. 11, 2017, more than 300 torch-bearing white supremacists marched down the Lawn at the University of Virginia chanting, “Jews will not replace us.” The phrase is not self-explanatory, but the marchers were widely thought to be proclaiming that Jews would not displace Christian Whites as the…
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Here and There Around the Commonwealth
Virginia History For those interested in Virginia history, here are two great sources. One is new; one is not new, but I just discovered it. Cardinal News has started a three-year project “to tell the little-known stories of Virginia’s role in the march to independence in advance of the nation’s observation of its 250th anniversary,…