LIPSMAN: Republicans Can’t Afford To Ignore Gen-Z Voters

Ellen Walter, founder of The Walter Group and former Senior Youngkin advisor recently published an op-ed on how Republicans must learn that voters aged 45+ care about kitchen-table issues – the economy and inflation, crime, and education – not culture-war rhetoric. I completely agree with her analysis and have used a similar approach of focusing […]

Loudoun School Board Boots Superintendent Ziegler

The Loudoun County School Board voted unanimously to fire Superintendent Scott Ziegler without cause after a grand jury report blamed Ziegler and his administration for much of the district’s mishandling of two 2021 sexual assaults. The board spent much of the Tuesday evening meeting in closed session and didn’t publicly discuss Ziegler’s termination. In an emergency meeting Thursday, the […]

Youngkin’s Commission To Combat Antisemitism Releases New Report

A commission to combat antisemitism ordered by Governor Glenn Youngkin published its report Monday, describing a rising amount of antisemitic incidents nationally and in Virginia and recommending 21 steps the governor and the General Assembly could take. “In recent years, Virginia has had fewer incidents than neighbors in Maryland and DC, but the national trend of increasing antisemitic incidents has […]

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 […]