Tag: Guest contributors
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Demolishing Oxfam’s Laughable Ranking
by Chris Saxman Some things just have to be challenged at the outset before they gain traction and become an untrue reality. Gaining traction among too many candidates for the General Assembly is a ranking, released by a British organization, Oxfam, that graded American states and the District of Columbia on best states for workers.…
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Robin Hood and the Borderline Itemizers
by Bill Tracy I am pleased to report that Robin Hood is alive and well in Virginia! Most taxpayers are now receiving a state tax rebate courtesy Governor Ralph Northam and the General Assembly. Eligible taxpayers may receive up to $110 for individual filers and up to $220 for a married couple filing jointly. But,…
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A Dialogue on Money in Virginia Politics
Jeff Thomas: Thank you for having me to Bacon’s Rebellion, Jim. I’m a longtime reader, first-time poster. Money in Virginia politics is an important topic on which I think we both agree, and I’m eager to hear your take on it. As I understand it, we’ll each answer and ask a question of the other…
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Rankings Spam
by Chris Saxman There are a LOT of rankings and polls coming out these days. Some are credible, others less so. Recently, a ranking was released by Oxfam that graded the states and the District of Columbia. This is the second year of their ranking. Here’s what their release stated: In 2018, workers are not sharing…
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Those Tenant-Eviction Stats Are Valid
by Marty Wegbreit The August 15, 2019 post, “A Closer Look at Those Tenant-Eviction Stats,” fails to stand up to statistical or critical analysis. The post blames Virginia’s Independent City/County form of government for high eviction rates. (Five of the highest ten eviction rates in large U.S. cities over 100,000 population are in Virginia.) Virginia’s…
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The Microgrid Option
By Jane Twitmyer Building a clean electric system takes more than switching from fossil fuels to renewables. To make good use of wind and solar power, Virginia needs a modern, flexible electric grid that can exploit and optimize the unique attributes those resources bring to bear. And it needs new rules — laws and regulations…
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Saving Atlantic Loggerheads from Plastics
On the evening of June 11, two endangered Loggerhead sea turtles crawled out of the ocean and wriggled up the sand at Virginia Beach. One dug a hole, laid 150-eggs and covered them with sand before returning to sea. The eggs had to be carefully relocated by human intervention to a safer nesting spot. In about…
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The Transgender Wars — Part V
This is the final part of a five-part series on the transgender wars in Virginia. by Tom Pafford Around the 5th Century BC, Sun Tzu wrote a book on War. No one comes close to what this Chinese master of battle devised. Chapter 6 in his book is titled, Week Points and Strong. Here is…
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The Transgender Wars — Part IV
This is the fourth part of a five-part series on the transgender wars in Virginia. by Tom Pafford There is a song by Wendy McNeill, Ask Me No Questions, that reminds me of the Transgender Catechism. In the song, she meets a charming but unpleasant character who, like a chameleon, tempts her. One verse sticks…
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The Transgender Wars — Part III
This is the third of a five-part series on Virginia’s transgender wars. by Tom Pafford The Left is waging a very successful War to manipulate the public into accepting Transgender identity as normal. Neither the LGB crowd, nor the “Right-Wingers” who do not accept Trans, have successfully countered this War. The Left’s agenda moves forward…
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The Transgender Wars — Part II
This is the second part of a five-part series on the transgender wars in Virginia. by Tom Pafford A behind-the-scenes tug-of-war is happening between the Left and many in the LBG movement. You certainly won’t read about it in USA Today! But you can in Gay news outlets where Gay intellectuals state their concern over…
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Transgender Wars — Part I
This is the first of a five-part series on Virginia’s transgender wars. by Tom Pafford With only 1% of the population claiming transgender status, Trans issues are not a common topic at the dinner table. It wasn’t until I got into the race for a Fairfax County School Board seat this year that I became aware…
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Arlington’s Dark Money Candidate
by Liam Bissainthe Virginia has primary elections coming up tomorrow. Some matter a lot, and you should vote in them if you have the chance — like the prosecutor’s race in Arlington County and Falls Church. That race pits left-wing radical Parisa Dehghani-Tafti against the moderately liberal incumbent prosecutor Theo Stamos in a race for…
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Utility-Sponsored Energy Efficiency Benefits the Commonwealth
by Chelsea Harnish The stage is set for a total transformation of the energy-efficiency industry in Virginia. With the passage of the Grid Transformation and Security Act of 2018, the electric utilities in Virginia have committed to proposing over $1 billion for energy-efficiency programs over the next ten years. However, none of these commitments are…
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However You Define it, Solitary Confinement is Barbarous
by William Thorpe In a recent column about solitary confinement, Richard Hall-Sizemore discredited any observations he made based upon his visits to Virginia prisons when he acknowledged that guards and correctional officials may not have showed or told him everything. “They would have if I had asked, but I did not always know enough to…