DATE CATEGORY POSTED ARTICLES (including FCTA Keepers: Important Posts For Reference)
Weekly Vid ~National. AMAC Weekly News -- Ben Ferguson's video summaries, updated every Friday
Va Taxes ~Virginia. VirginiaPlaces.org: Virginia Taxes and Tax History
Public Edu ~National. Epoch Times: Examining Education in the United States -- a series by Alex Newman
MonthlyMsg ~Bulletin. FCTA Monthly Messages, by various FCTA board members
Migrat Dat ~States... IRS Migration Data: State-to-State, County-to-County, Virginia, Fairfax Co This data is freely available for analysis of population migration patterns within the U.S. at the state and county levels.
Med Advice .Health... Dr. Douglass' Alt-Med "Daily Dose" Archive -- Some good non-std medical advice "I've been called the conscience of modern medicine. But, I've also been labeled a maverick, and several less flattering names too, by some of the biggest names in the government and health establishments -- but, hey, that's part of the territory."
Limericks .Potpourri Limericks - Fun with Politics, by David Swink Today's news depicts a nation and politics that is so ridiculous as to require an occasional bit of humor and perspective in a world turned upside down.
Fx Textbks .FxSchools FCTA: 2017 approved list of Fairfax Co Schools' textbooks, by David Swink FCTA has compiled a list of FCPS-approved textbooks, given a list provided by FCPS. The list has been reordered somewhat for readability, and ISBN numbers are hot-linked to the Amazon reference.
For Wisdom ~Potpourri Victor Davis Hanson ... Dennis Prager ... The Montana Cow Doctor "Some of you readers with liberal leanings may find my opinions sting a little. That is okay. Liberalism is a disease from which you can be cured. Trust me, I'm a doctor!" -- Krayton Kerns, DVM
FCPS Watch ~FxSchools Blog: Fairfax Schools Monitor - the latest "wokeness" from FCPS
FCPS ClgBd ~FxSchools FCPS College Board Reports for 2017,2018,2019,2020,2021,2022,2023 Note FCTA had to FOIA these reports, as FCPS does not post them on its web site.
Edison 78s ~Potpourri Selected Oldies from the UCSB Gramophone Audio Archive, by FCTA's David Swink Here are music selections from the UCSB (Berkeley) Library of cylinder and thick 78 rpm gramophone recordings, mostly with the Edison label, from the early 1900s. (No problem with Youtube and mp3 takedowns here.) Enjoy!
Core Docs .FxSchools 50 Core Documents for Understanding American History -- Ashbrook Center James Madison recommended certain fundamental documents as essential reading for future citizens and statesmen, including the Declaration of Independence, The Federalist, and George Washington's Farewell Address. The Ashbrook Center's list of 50 Core American Documents is meant to fulfill those same purposes 200 years later.
Climate Ch ~Environmt Video: The History and Future of Climate Change, by Peter Temple (5:31) All you need to know regarding "climate change": Climate change periodicity is driven by solar activity and earth's position relative to the other planets. Mr. Temple shows earth's alternate warming and cooling periods over the last 4,000 years resembling a sine wave, that the current Modern Warm Period has peaked, and that we're heading into a cold and dry period.
C19 Forum ~Health... Coronavirus News ignored by the Mainstream Media -- politically incorrect A 97% decline in Delhi cases with Ivermectin ... Whistleblower: More Patients are Dying from the Vaccine than from COVID ... CDC Now Counting Vaccination Deaths as COVID Deaths ...
2024-04-xd ~Bulletin. The Secret Budget Hearing, by Arthur Purves
2024-04-xc ~Bulletin. Biting the Hand that Feeds You, by Arthur Purves
2024-04-xb ~Bulletin. Spending More and Teaching Less, by Arthur Purves
2024-04-xa ~Bulletin. How Taxes Keep Us Illiterate and Sick, by Arthur Purves
2024-04-16 ~FxTaxes.. FCTA: Testimonies to BOS on the County Budget, by FCTA board members
2024-03-xx ~Bulletin. Time for a County Salary Freeze, by Arthur Purves
2024-03-26 ~FxSchools WJLA: Fairfax Co school staff vs teacher salary data, by Nick Minock The top 25 FCPS employees earn more than $200,000. The 'Chief Experience and Engagement Officer' earns a salary of $239,468. Teachers start at $56,000 with a bachelor's degree, rising to $80,000 after 15 years of experience.
2024-03-22 ~FxTaxes.. FCTA: Fairfax County Advertised Budget for FY2025 -- from Washington Times B5
2024-03-19 ~National. Brownstone: American Capitalism Has Mutated Into Corporatism, by Jeffery Tucker In free enterprise, the old rule is that the customer is always right. But when government itself becomes a main and even dominant customer, the ethos of private enterprise is thereby changed. Enterprise turns its attention to serving its powerful masters in the halls of the state, gradually weaving close relationships and forming a ruling class that becomes a conspiracy against the public.
2024-03-14 ~FxTaxes.. FCTA: Fairfax County Notice of Proposed Real Property Tax Increase Public posting, one half of page A5 in the Washington Times. Includes an average increase of 2.86 percent for residential and a decrease of 1.24 percent for non-residential real estate. Public hearing April 16, 2024 at the Gov't Center.
2024-03-06 ~Health... Brownstone: In Health Care, We Are Flying Blind, by Jeffery A. Tucker In American healthcare, risk assessment has been outlawed (HIPAA in 1996; Obamacare in 2010) as regards to costs to the consumer, who thus has no guidance or incentive to make intelligent health care choices, and who must thus resort to internet searchs for healthcare advice.
2024-03-03 ~Virginia. Fx GOP: 14 Bills That Hurt Virginia Elections, Deserve Governor's Veto Virginia already has some of the worst election laws in the country, passed by Democrats starting in 2020. Fourteen more bad bills are ready for the governor to veto, including HB1454 and SB246: removing the identifying features used to distinguish between citizen and non-citizen driver's permits (so illegal aliens could vote).
2024-02-29 ~National. Brownstone: The Consensus Conspiracy, by Thomas Buckley Both 'onsensus' and 'conspiracy' are defined as "a group of people thinking that something is most likely correct or good or the best way to do or think about something", differing only in psychological perception. So covid and climate change, for example, start out as consensus and eventually fall into the conspiracy category. Perhaps the real menace afoot today: the 'consensus theorist'.
2024-02-26 ~FxTaxes.. Fx GOP: Real Estate Tax Rate Poised To Go Up. Is The Sales Tax Next? Fairfax County residents are bracing for a double-whammy to their property tax bills with a proposed 4-cent increase to the real estate property tax rate (to $1.135 per $100 assessed value) along with rising home valuations. (Compared to: Arlington $1.038; Prince William $0.966; Loudoun $0.875; Stafford $0.9175).
2024-02-20 ~FxSchools FXX Now: FCPS wins TJ admissions 'racial diversity' battle, by Angela Woolsey Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology's current 'racial diversity' admissions policy will remain in place after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to consider a lawsuit alleging that it discriminates against Asian students.
2024-02-19 ~National. Brownstone: Schumpeter on How Higher Education Wrecks Freedom, by Jeff Tucker A book that pays high returns for decades with endless insights is Joseph Schumpeter's Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy (1943). He predicts the rise of today's credentialed managerial class, detached from the real-world consequences of the ideas they push, assuming unique cultural power and a united interest in constructing social and political systems that benefit themselves at others' expense.
2024-02-18 ~FxTrans.. FCTA: Replace DC Metrorail with Buses Only?, by David Swink Bus mass transit system in three U.S. metro areas examined, and operational costs extrapolated to DC Metro: 41% of the cost of DC Metrorail; costs much less, even if the bus fares were free.
2024-02-15 ~National. Brownstone: The Great Reset Didn't Work: The Case of EVs, by Jeffrey Tucker We are living through one of history's longest and most excruciating versions of "We told you so." Every bit of the warnings regarding the Covid mandates proved true. And now those early warnings about EV mandates are also proving true, as unsold electric vehicles clog dealer lots. What astonishing illusions were born of this nutty and destructive period!
2024-02-13 ~FxTaxes.. FXX Now: FCPS seeks 10.5% budget increase from taxpayers, by Angela Woolsey With the FCPS already gobbling 53% of the budget, I guess [FCPS Superintendent Dr. Michelle Reid] must think that taxpayers will be held hostage to the mantra our "world class schools" require more and more support staff and "innovation" as in electric buses. -- Comment from reader.
2024-02-13 ~FxSchools FCTA: Fairfax Co Schools - Spending More and Teaching Less, by Arthur Purves As FCPS spending goes up, achievement goes down. Over the past 5 years, per-student cost is increasing, from $16K to $21K, while SAT scores are falling, from 1218 to 1181. Never in half a century have FCPS SAT scores seen such a precipitous decline. And FCPS wants a 10.5% budget increase for that?
2024-02-06 ~Virginia. WT: Youngkin's deal with Monumental Sports is "Good for Virginia", Tim Parrish Typical sport-stadium deals (Tennessee Titans, Buffalo Bills, Las Vegas Raiders and Oklahoma City Thunder) use general obligation, or GO, bonds, which basically leave taxpayers on the hook to fund a project with funding that would otherwise be used for roads, water systems and other state infrastructure. Gov Youngkin instead made a deal with Monumental Sports and Entertainment to use a revenue bond tied solely to the arena itself. So no new taxes or tax increases!
2024-02-02 ~National. Daily Reckoning: The Great Growth Hoax, by Jeffrey Tucker Since the supposedly amazing GDP report from Q4 2023, we've been blasted by the media about how great the economy is doing. But the GDP data is not reflective of anything real except government profligacy and stagnation in every sector that counts. It now takes over $2.50 in new debt to generate $1 of GDP growth! So skip the headlines and look at the underlying realities.
2024-01-xx ~National. CTUP: Them vs. U.S. (The Elites vs. Regular Americans) -- Rasmussen survey The Elites, a group with extraordinary political and societal power, have views and attitudes that are wildly out of touch with the American people. At the center of the gap is a difference of opinion over individual freedom. Most Americans think there is too little freedom in our nation today, a view shared by only 21% of the Elites.
2024-01-29 ~Virginia. Cardinal News: Va rural population gains; Fairfax Co loses big, by Dwayne Yancey We’re seeing a historic turnaround. Most rural counties now see more people moving in than moving out. However, Fairfax County and Virginia Beach have posted the biggest population declines in the state.
2024-01-17 ~Virginia. Cardinal News: Va school enrollment to drop faster than expected, by D. Yancey The biggest percentage decreases will come across Southwest and Southside, but the biggest drops in terms of actual number of students will be in Fairfax County. More than one-quarter of the projected statewide enrollment decline will come from Fairfax County, which is currently losing population for the first time since the 1820s.
2024-01-17 ~National. AMAC: How The Migrant Crisis Destroyed American Liberalism, by Walter Samuel Texas Gov Abbott's immigrant-busing tactic has successfully undermined blue-state liberals, reorienting American politics around an issue for which liberalism has no answer, and the Democratic Party, as long as it remains committed to that 21st-century version of liberalism, cannot resolve.
2024-01-12 ~FxTrans.. WJLA: Metro considers 25% increase in rail and bus fares, by Tom Roussey Members of Metro’s board of directors voted Thursday to consider a 25% increase on Metrobus, Metrorail, and MetroAccess fares starting this summer. If the fare increase is enacted, riders would pay as high as $7.50 for one trip on Metrorail starting July 1.
2024-01-10 ~Virginia. AP: Va Senate Dems Nix Proportional Committee Representation, by Sarah Rankin Democrats who control the Virginia Senate are continuing the practice of stacking General Assembly committees with their own members in a proportion greater than their razor-thin majority.
2024-01-06 ~Virginia. FCTA Speaks at Pre-2024 General Assembly Public Hearing -- 3 speakers ... on tax rates, transportation, green energy, right-to-work, school choice, pensions
2023-12-29 ~National. Brownstone: Consent of the Governed, Where Art Thou?, by Robert W. Malone Governments and Pharma are withholding adverse event data, and thereby are unilaterally making medical decisions for sovereign individuals and their children, in violation of the Geneva Convention. This is what we have come to: The nanny State knows best, and will withhold medical information from the public which would cause members of that public to question its wisdom and decision-making.
2023-12-29 ~National. AMAC: Media's Year Of Moral Collapse, by B. C. Brutus Journalism schools may someday point to 2023 as the year of a final moral collapse for the corporate media -- a point of no return ultimately reached after years of ethical decline and loss of credibility with the public.
2023-12-29 ~FxMisc... Fx Times: Reader says Steve Descano is Grinch of the Year -- letter I nominate Commonwealth's Attorney Steve Descano as Fairfax County's "Grinch of the Year" for his coddling of criminals, the resulting adverse impact on law-abiding citizens, and his war on the police. -- William McGill, Fairfax Station
2023-12-23 ~National. Brownstone: The Velvet Fascism of "Protect our Democracy", by Thomas Buckley When the Left refers to "protecting our democracy", they really mean "protecting their democracy"; not a democracy of the people, but now merely a word used to fig leaf the ever-expanding slither of socialist socialite statism, the velvet fascism that is deftly hammering its way through the society and the culture.
2023-12-21 ~Potpourri Brownstone: Why We Love the Nutcracker, by Jeffrey A. Tucker What theater goers don't entirely realize is that they are watching something even more wonderful than what they see. In this one ballet, we gain a picture of a prosperous world that emerged in the late 19th century, was shortly shattered by war and revolution, and then was nearly killed off by the political and ideological experimentation of the 20th century.
2023-12-20 ~FxTrans.. WT: Washington Metro's woes show folly of Alexandria arena plan, by David Ditch The recently announced $2 billion arena project in Alexandria that would be the new home for the Washington Capitals and Washington Wizards is a net loser for Alexandria and Virginia, especially since there is not enough parking, and Metro cannot provide the amount of spot service needed for the fans. The primary beneficiary would not be Northern Virginia residents, but billionaire Ted Leonsis, owner of the Wizards and the Capitals.
2023-12-18 ~FxTrans.. FXX Now: N. Va. officials strive to save Metro from 'catastrophic' budget cuts Leaders in Fairfax County -- which already faces lean economic times -- say they don't plan to offer up additional funds unless jurisdictional and federal partners can throw some more skin into the game.
2023-12-15 ~National. Brownstone: What Will Become of Cities?, by Jeffrey A. Tucker Everyone was supposed to be back at the office by now. It's not really happening, however, and this has huge implications for the future of the American city.
2023-12-14 ~Virginia. Bacon's Rebellion: Boys Left Behind Academically in Virginia, by James Sherlock Girls significantly outperform boys in English Language Arts (ELA) (reading and writing) in public schools -- both in high-performing Loudoun County and in poor-performing Richmond City schools. The progressive ed-school establishment is consumed with the "inequity" of racial gaps in educational performance, while ignoring this obvious gender gap.
2023-12-14 ~FxTaxes.. Gazette Leader: Does Fairfax BOS really care about homeowners? -- Editorial Gov't officials have outlined plans for a third consecutive year of big staff pay raises. When you couple that with an ever-more fiscally ravenous school system (without corresponding results) and the cratering valuations of commercial office buildings and some retail venues, the cost of government is going to be shifted to the residential side of the ledger. So get ready: Fairfax gov't thinks it deserves your money more than you do.
2023-12-12 ~National. Rasmussen: 21% of Mail-In Voters Admit They Cheated in 2020 Election A new national telephone and online survey by Rasmussen Reports and The Heartland Institute finds that 21% of Likely U.S. voters who voted by absentee or mail-in ballot in the 2020 election say they filled out a ballot, in part or in full, on behalf of a friend or family member, such as a spouse or child. (So much for the narrative that the 2020 election was the most secure in history.)
2023-11-20 ~Health... Zerohedge: The mRNAs didn't end Covid, Omicron did, by Alex Berenson The Society of Actuaries have released an updated report on deaths during the pandemic that shows what really slayed Covid. It didn't come from Pfizer or Moderna; it came from the much weaker Omicron variant, which swept through the United States in the winter of 2022, reducing mortality for the vaccinated and unvaccinated young and old alike. The takeaway: virus gonna virus.
2023-11-14 ~Potpourri Free Press: Why I Am Now a Christian, by Ayaan Hirsi Ali As Edmund Burke asserts, "man is by his constitution a religious animal." Islamism understands this, and that's the secret of its mass appeal. We in the secular West are fighting a reactive battle: what vision now guides us? what banner do we rally around? Ali -- having been first a devout Muslim and then an aethist -- finds the answer in Christianity.
2023-11-09 ~National. AMAC: Did Vivek Just Make Corrupt Media the 2024 Issue?, by Aaron Flanigan At the third Republican primary debate in Miami, hosted by NBC News, longshot candidate Vivek Ramaswamy stole the show by launching a scathing attack on the national corporate media, and saying out loud what rank-and-file conservative voters have long known to be the truth. In doing so, Ramaswamy has let a massive political genie out of the bottle and exposed the corporate media as the real opposition party in American politics.
2023-11-01 ~Virginia. Daily Caller: Illinois Gov Funding Key Va Democrat Races, by Mary Lou Masters ... and you wondered how they could afford those expensive 30-sec Super Bowl ads.
2023-11-01 ~Environmt AMAC: The Great 'Green Energy Transition' That Wasn't, by Stephen Moore One of the textbook marketing flops of all time was the Ford Edsel sedan in the late 1950s. All the automotive experts said it was a can't-miss. But nobody ever bothered to ask car buyers, and they hated it. Today, EVs are suffering the same fate -- and for the same reasons.
2023-10-xx ~National. IMPRIMUS: Why the CIA No Longer Works -- and How to Fix It, by Charles Faddis Adapted from a talk delivered at Hillsdale College on October 3, 2023, during a conference on "U.S. Intelligence: History and Controversies".
2023-10-27 ~National. WT: Federal Audit: Gov't Office Buildings 80% Vacant The GAO found that federal offices have challenges like the private sector. In comparing building capacity to employees, none used over 50% and some used only 9%.
2023-10-23 ~FxMisc... Yahoo: High Schooler Invents Soap to Fight Skin Cancer, by Samantha Dorisca Heman Bekele, a ninth grader at W.T. Woodson High School in Annandale, VA, has invented an inexpensive soap to fight skin cancer. In so doing, he has won the 2023 3M Young Science Challenge and taken home $25,000 as "America's Top Young Scientist".
2023-10-22 ~National. Brownstone: The Social Contract Is Shredded, by Jeffrey A. Tucker It started with Covid. Conventional wisdoms were overridden worldwide and caused a breakdown in medical protocols and havoc in education and in economic policy. Governments drifted away from defending the rights and liberties of their people, and have lost the public trust. It's like 1914 all over again.
2023-10-20 ~National. City Journal: The Politics of Disdain, by Emily Burns, Aaron Kheriaty Our post-truth, hyperpolitical world arose from elites' stifling of free speech and robust debate. Until we acknowledge the source and address its causes, no calmer politics is on the horizon.
2023-10-17 ~National. WT: Our public schools are a national disaster, by Stephen Moore Perhaps what's most distressing about the latest collapse in high school test scores is that no one seems to be very distressed. You've probably heard the news that ACT scores have fallen for the sixth straight year. Our high school kids are less equipped for a job or college than at any time in three decades.
2023-10-09 ~FxMisc... Gazette Leader: Two distinct visions for Fairfax BOS chair, by Brian Trompeter Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairman Jeff McKay (D) and his Republican challenger, Arthur Purves, politely exchanged views -- with the occasional sharp elbow -- during a televised Oct. 2 forum.
2023-10-02 ~FxTrans.. Gazette Leader: Area Leaders Talk Metrorail Funding, by Brian Trompeter "Metrorail is the country's most expensive legacy heavy-rail system to operate, and spends more on administration and less on operations and maintenance than comparable transit systems. Metrorail must examine its costs, rebuild ridership, ensure safety, scrutinize labor expenses and workforce size and consider using more automation ..." -- Michael Sargent, Va DOT.
2023-09-xx ~National. IMPRIMUS: Inside the Transgender Empire, by Christopher F. Rufo Adapted from a talk delivered on September 12, 2023, at the Allan P. Kirby, Jr. Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship on Hillsdale's Washington, D.C. campus, as part of the AWC Family Foundation Lecture Series.
2023-09-26 ~FxTaxes.. FCTA: Testimony at BOS FY2023 Carryover Budget Hearing, by Arthur Purves At issue is $652 million, the amount left over from FY2023 -- $321 million in the General Fund and $331 million from the Schools. Your choice should be simple: Return leftover tax revenues to the taxpayers! via reduction in future tax rates.
2023-09-24 ~National. Die WeltWoche: "They're all afraid" -- Tucker Carlson is interviewed Tucker Carlson demolishes the mainstream media's manipulation machine, reveals his concerns about a potential Donald Trump Restoration, he speaks about the disturbing state of the Biden family and discusses what's next for him in a Post-Fox News Order.
2023-09-22 ~FxMisc... WT: Fairfax Co Traffic Camera Cash Grab -- editorial Fairfax County's new school-zone traffic speed camera program is off to a bad start. The policymakers who came up with the idea swore the cameras would go after flagrant offenders only. As so often happens with government, however, what's initially promised is not what you end up getting.
2023-09-13 ~Environmt Zerohedge: The Climate Dissent You're Not Hearing About, by John Murawski More than 1,600 scientists, among them two Nobel physics laureates, John Clauser and Ivar Giaever of Norway, signed a declaration stating that there is no climate emergency, and that climate advocacy has devolved into mass hysteria. The skeptics say the radical transformation of entire societies is marching forth without a full debate, based on dubious scientific claims amplified by knee-jerk journalism.
2023-09-12 ~Virginia. AP: Front Royal Library Going Woke and Broke, by Matthew Barakat Like many libraries across the country, the Samuels Public Library in Warren County has found itself embroiled in conflict over books with LGBTQ+ themes. But the conservative five-member Board of Supervisors is having none of it -- threatening to cut off the $1 million annual funding it receives from the County unless the library removes its "child porn" books.
2023-08-25 ~National. Brownstone: The Great Game of 'Let's Pretend', by Jeffrey A. Tucker It's a very strange time in American political history. We have one line of thinking sweeping through the population -- which is based on mass incredulity and fury -- and then another which is a veneer of normalcy that is slathered on top of our anger by all official institutions, which work hard to keep all these topics out of respectable conversations.
2023-08-24 ~National. Am Greatness: Trump Wins Again during First GOP Debate Given a corrupt, weaponized justice system; rigged election procedures; both soft and overt censorship by mainstream networks and social media -- the idea of a normal politics-as-usual primary season was ridiculous from the start. In the Milwaukee GOP debates on Fox, Vivek Ramaswamy was the only spark of life in the battle to save the country. Meanwhile, Tucker Carlson's interview with Trump on Twitter garnered 150M+ views within hours of being posted.
2023-08-21 ~National. Infowars: New Covid pre-election mail-in ballot variant, by Jamie White Within hours of Alex Jones announcing that the Biden regime was gearing up for new COVID restrictions in the fall, the mainstream media has now launched its fear campaign to prepare for new COVID restrictions in response to a new COVID variant. So bring back the fear and the lockdowns, and keep those mail-in ballots coming.
2023-08-18 ~National. Zerohedge: Understanding Parasitic Cooperation between Globalists and Leftists To understand the political left and their tactics you have to understand their relationship with the globalists. Woke useful idiots see power as something that must be stolen through intimidation or force. Globalists see power as something that is handed to them by useful idiots. Without the leftist mob the globalists have no power.
2023-08-16 ~FxSchools FCPS Monitor: FCPS Defies Virginia's Transgender Policy, by Mark Spooner After leaking its closed-door decision to transgender advocates, Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) announced on August 15 that it would ignore the Virginia Board of Education's recently issued transgender policy. In other words, parents will be kept in the dark about any gender identity issues involving their children while at school.
2023-08-15 ~National. AMAC: The KGB Has Arrived In America, by Dr. Sebastian Gorka It wasn't President Trump and his lawyers that were the subject of Dinesh's D'Souza's 2020 election fraud documentary, 2000 Mules. But as Lavrentiy Beria, the founder of the proto-KGB, famously said: "Show me the man, and I will find you the crime!" We have arrived at that point in America.
2023-08-15 ~FxTaxes.. FCTA: Reasons to Oppose 2023 $435M School Bond Referendum, by Arthur Purves Since 1994 Fairfax County and Schools have spent $360M (plus interest) on four projects that were so controversial that the supervisors were afraid to put them up to referenda. The latest massive $435M proposal is even less justified, as schools have an excess $190M, and interest on bonds adds over $200 to the average real estate tax bill.
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