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Free Speech and the Abigail Shrier Event
by James A. Bacon It is gratifying to see the editors of The Cavalier Daily engage in an exchange of ideas, albeit indirectly through dueling editorials, with conservative proponents of free speech at The Jefferson Independent, the University of Virginia’s independent student publication, and The Jefferson Council. It is even more gratifying to see that…
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A Progressive Dirty Trick: Tell Republican Voters that the Democrat is a Republican
by the staff of Liberty Unyielding Voting is underway in Virginia’s legislative elections, where early voting started on September 22. To try to win a very close race, progressives are telling Republican voters that the Republican candidate is a Democrat, and the Democratic candidate is a Republican. This is occurring in House District 97, which…
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The Fog of Political Campaigns
by Dick Hall-Sizemore During the campaign season, I often get so frustrated with the pronouncements of candidates that I wish I could publicly pose questions that they would have to answer. The most recent example comes from a story in today’s Richmond Times-Dispatch about the highly competitive House race in the Petersburg area. The incumbent,…
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LaRock Launches Senate Write-In Campaign
by Jeanine Martin A message from Republican Del. Dave LaRock: “I believe people are tired of Democrats destroying our Country and our communities and trying to run our lives. The people of Senate District 1, me included, deserve to be represented by a reliable conservative, someone who shares their values and can be trusted to…
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Doesn’t Anyone Read These Things To See If They Make Sense?
by Dick Hall-Sizemore In preparing my recent article on tax cuts, I was going to include a section on the need for increases in teacher salaries. In researching the issue, I discovered that the Department of Education (DOE) submits to the General Assembly a survey of teacher salaries in Virginia. I was delighted because that…
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Giant Utility Rejects Net Zero Power; Big Fight Follows
by David Wojick Dominion Energy, Virginia’s big electric utility, is telling the state it does not foresee complying with the 2045 net zero power target in the Virginia Clean Economy Act (VCEA). The preferred option in Dominion’s latest Integrated Resources Plan (IRP) retires no fossil-fueled power generators, other than the few old ones that are…
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Virginia Colleges Fare Pretty Well in 2024 FIRE Rankings
In case you’re wondering how all Virginia institutions scored in the 2024 FIRE free speech rankings, here is a summary of the universities included in the survey. For perspective, I’ve included the top and bottom scorers. Liberty University is listed separately, as it is one of six that prioritize other values over free speech. Remember,…
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Hey, Preppers, Check Out Virginia!
I always suspected this might be the case, but now there is hard data to back it up. Non-coastal Virginia is one of the lowest-risk areas in the country for natural disasters. Sure, we get the occasional tornado or flood, but, really, how often? And when was the last time we experienced a deadly wildfire,…
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A Concept for Simpler and More Compliant Virginia Regulation of Medical Facilities and Services in Virginia
By James C. Sherlock I saw a comment somewhere that medical facilities are the second most regulated industry in America, just behind nuclear power. Yet we see that it has not been working in Virginia in the case of nursing homes. And compliance is considerably harder in the other medical facilities and services in Virginia…