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PoliticsAnalysis
2026 … Already?
Joe Thomas|July 24, 2025
With Virginia’s 45-day-long early voting window, the commonwealth is just slightly less than a month away from the beginning of the 2025 statewide election for… Read More
EducationAnalysis
It’s Back-to-(Micro)-School Time! And What Are Microschools Anyway?
Joe Thomas|July 24, 2025
It’s nearing back-to-school time in Virginia as we enter a universe where the Supreme Court has cleared the way for the dismantling of the federal… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Ed Feulner’s Enduring Legacy: Shaping the Conservative Movement
Joe Thomas|July 21, 2025
Over the weekend, Edwin Feulner, founder, trustee, and the longest-serving president of The Heritage Foundation, passed away at the age of 83. “Ed Feulner was… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Could an End to Funding Mean a Start to School Choice?
Joe Thomas|July 18, 2025
Former Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s voice still echoes loudly in Virginia and across the United States. “I don’t think parents should be telling schools what they… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Shake-Up on Earle-Sears Campaign for Virginia Governor
Joe Thomas|July 18, 2025
The danger of changing campaign staff during an election cycle is that the press immediately covers it as a campaign in peril, not as one… Read More
EducationCommentary
These Aren’t the Racists You’re Looking For
Joe Thomas|July 17, 2025
So, here we are again. A large public university in Virginia is, if you believe the headlines, rallying to defend itself against the Trump administration’s… Read More
PoliticsNews
Will He or Won’t He? Virginia’s Youngkin Eyes 2028 as Speculation Swirls
Joe Thomas|July 11, 2025
When the outgoing Republican governor of Virginia carries a 54% approval rating from a blue-ish/purple state and gets speaking invitations from Iowa and South Carolina… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Link Between Political Donations and State Board Appointments Not a New Phenomenon
Joe Thomas|July 10, 2025
Thomas Jefferson wanted listed only three accomplishments on his tombstone at Monticello: “Author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the Statute of Virginia for… Read More
LawCommentary
Virginia AG Reveals Shocking Consequences of Democrats’ Soft-on-Crime Policies
Joe Thomas|July 09, 2025
Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares is fighting against what he calls a “criminal-first, victim-last mindset” that has swept through the commonwealth’s justice system under previous… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Nick Freitas Talks Founding Principles, Fighting Socialism, and Life After Politics
Joe Thomas|July 02, 2025
As Independence Day approaches, The Daily Signal sat down with politician-turned-Virginia’s newest “conservative influencer” Nick Freitas to talk about the nation’s founding, the internal struggles… Read More
