Virginia Democrats made a critical error this month by playing partisan games and voting down four qualified candidates nominated to the Virginia Parole Board. In so doing, the Democrats have all but killed the critically needed overhaul of the parole system in Virginia. The momentum for bipartisan support of public scrutiny and more transparency ended suddenly as these commonwealth legislators chose to …
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Subsidized housing is leftists’ number-one solution to homelessness. But despite historic outlays in California and elsewhere, governments’ attempts to house their way out of the growing crisis have thus far floundered. Hotel conversions have emerged as an alternative way to pursue the leftist homelessness agenda. To avoid the expensive and lengthy process of building new housing, many states and local …
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—through its own missteps and unforced errors—lost the confidence of the American public during the COVID-19 pandemic. Another agency, Child Protective Services, seems next in line for this inglorious achievement. In his State of the Union speech, President Joe Biden all but declared victory over COVID-19, touting new masking guidelines issued at the end of …
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Former President Donald Trump launched his new social media platform, Truth Social, this past President’s Day. To say the launch created buzz around the country would be a colossal understatement, but the mainstream media won’t tell you that. The launch—and its aftermath—also show how weary conservatives are with big tech censorship and algorithms that attempt to force groupthink. Young people …
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Developers are selling us impossible promises about offshore wind farms. “This reliable renewable energy resource is a game-changer for the New England grid,” says an advocacy group called New England for Offshore Wind. “It is our best chance to address the climate crisis, meet our future energy needs, and grow our economy simultaneously.” But people are asking questions — and it’s …
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This week marks the final round of the U.S. Department of Education’s negotiated rulemaking session addressing the critical issue of accountability in higher education. One of the issues under consideration is the Gainful Employment Rule, an Obama-era regulation that sought to strengthen accountability in higher education. Gainful Employment tried to identify college programs where students accumulated excessive student loan debt. …
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Federal lawmakers are at it again, agitating for the federal government to forgive literally trillions of dollars of student loan debt. The recent letter from congressional Democrats calls for the continuation of the student loan payment pause. There are many reasons why this is a bad idea, but the conversation does raise another set of questions entirely—how did students get in this …
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President Joe Biden’s announcement that the United States would ban Russian oil imports in response to the attack on Ukraine was met with serious concern from both sides of the aisle because of the impact it could have on already record high gas prices. This criticism is valid — and, to be fair, Biden acknowledged in his announcement that gas prices will continue …
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Mary Schommer grew up in a family of seven kids, and, between all of them, they’ve attended private schools, charter schools, and traditional public schools. While she was in elementary school, two of Mary’s older brothers attended a private all-boys Catholic school while Mary and her other siblings attended the one charter school in Irving. Mary enjoyed her time there: …
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Andrew Ratley got some good news earlier this month; the law school he’s attended since 2019 gained full accreditation. That means the legal education he’s invested years—and thousands of dollars—into will soon allow him to become a lawyer. The American Bar Association, after years of study (and no small amount of controversy) finally gave the University of North Texas at Dallas …
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