LINGAMFELTER: Virginia’s Northam Learning Gap

It should surprise no one. After the ill-conceived March 2020 closing of Virginia’s public schools by former Democrat Gov. Ralph Northam, it should have been evident that children would suffer academically. We now know the extent of that damage to fourth and eighth grade students. Virginia’s secretary of education, Aimee Rogstad Guidera, put it aptly. The […]

BLAKELY: Messaging on Crime Could Unlock the Suburbs for Republicans

As Republicans and Democrats across the country race toward election day, pollsters, pundits, and Twitter denizens search for indicators of who will win. One major question which has loomed large over the past several election cycles is which party will win the suburbs. As Democrats continue to dominate urban areas and Republicans maintain their grip […]

CRESPO: Thousands of Unborn Lives Saved In Dobbs Aftermath

While the establishment media, partisan Democrats, and the left in general, have been raving madly about abortion rights since the Dobbs Supreme Court decision reversed Roe v. Wade, too many weak conservatives have remained quiet or avoided the issue. As I have written before, that is a big mistake. Pro-life conservatives should be celebrating the […]

Progressives Target Parents Again With Latest Legislative Proposal

A Northern Virginia Democrat is once again looking to infringe upon the rights of parents this upcoming legislative session. Delegate Elizabeth Guzman of Dale City plans to reintroduce legislation that  – if enacted – “would expand the state’s definition of child abuse and neglect to include parents who do not affirm their child’s gender identity […]

LIPSMAN: Leadership Failures = Time for Change

I recently predicted that a severe escalation of Russia’s atrocities in Ukraine was coming. Sadly, this prediction came to fruition. The last few days of increased indiscriminate shelling make that clear. Here’s the stark reality: this situation was enabled and exacerbated by the current Administration’s weak leadership on the global stage. American voters will face […]

LINGAMFELTER: An Important Acronym

There’s nothing more confusing to average folks than military acronyms. The U.S. Army has a lot of them. One that is important for taxpayers to understand is DOTMLPF, pronounced in military parlance “Dot-Mil-P-F.” What in the world does that mean? In short, it stands for Doctrine, Organization, Training, Materiel, Leadership (including Education), Personnel, and Facilities. […]