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Recent Posts: Local, Virginia, and Perspective
FCTA Wonders:
(1) Is it worse to not learn because gov't schools are closed, or to not learn reading, math, and 1776 history when gov't schools are open? (2) Will Va. adopt destructive and expensive green energy policies like California? (3) Can U.S. citizens' trust be restored in government, corporate, and educational institutions? (4) Will the U.S. return to equal justice under the law?
2026-10-xx (Nat) IMPRIMUS: The Rise of Democratic Socialism, by Kimberley A. Strassel
2026-10-16 (Msc) WMAL: Arthur Purves and His Run for Congress in VA-11, by Jeffrey A. Leach
Recently I sat down with Arthur Purves of Vienna, who is running for Congress in Virginia's 11th Congressional District, to ask him what voters should know about him and what sets him apart.
2026-09-29 (Pot) Epoch Times: Elon Musk Makes A Move On The Banks, by Jeffrey Tucker
His X Money platform is major and serious. A high (6%) rate plus instant peer-to-peer transmission, a metal Visa card with 3% cash back, and early direct deposit is meant to pull balances and daily activity onto the platform.
2026-09-16 (Sch) WT: Why is FCPS in a Budget Crisis?, by Stephanie Lundquist-Arora
The main contribution to the district's so-called shortfall for multiple years is irresponsible leadership and poor decision-making. Taxpayers must demand an independent external audit of the budget so children are not forced to pay the price for the district's terrible leadership.
2026-09-15 (Tax) FCTA: Testimony at BOS FY2026 Carryover Budget Hearing, by by Arthur Purves
FCTA recommends that the county refund to the taxpayers the $460 million of carryover funds not allocated to reserves by sending us checks. The check would amount to $1,000 per household.
2026-09-12 (Nat) Epoch Times: Why Liberal Education Is Dying, by Jacob Howland
Reading is collapsing across all age groups. Little wonder IQ scores are falling. Reading, writing, and thinking are inseparable, mutually reinforcing activities; one can't learn to write well without reading good books, or learn what one thinks, let alone how to think.
2026-09-09 (Sch) Fx GOP: FCPS Failures on a Spreadsheet, by S. Lundquist-Arora
In Fairfax County Public Schools, 20% of students failed reading, 20% failed math, and 24% failed science. Among economically disadvantaged students -- now 41% of FCPS enrollment -- the failure rates were 39%, 38% and 42%. Loudoun's numbers are nearly identical.
2026-09-03 (Pot) OfTwoMinds: We're Living in a Tragicomic Parody
How do we parody a world gone mad with parodies? Every attempt to parody "the news" today is trumped by reality. The parodies are now so extreme they are self-parodies that cannot be parodied.
2026-09-01 (Tax) FxCo: Notice Appropriating Supplemental Funds -- Add'l $3,876,272,355 for FY2027
2026-08-31 (Env) Epoch Times: Herbicide/Cancer Problem in California, by Beige Luciano-Adams
A planned community in Orange County s experiencing severe cancer rates in humans and seizures in dogs, allegedly due to the use of glyphosate and other weed-killers. Repeated requests to government agencies for resolution have gone unanswered.
2026-08-24 (Nat) AMAC: America's Unholy Marxist/Islamist Alliance, by Kelsey Reinhardt
This Red-Green partnership operates through campus activism, political organizing, and social-justice rhetoric that obscures what is actually being advanced -- destruction of the Judeo-Christian foundations of Western civilization and individual freedom.
2026-08-22 (Nat) Epoch Times: America's Education Crisis, by Jacki Thrapp
An Epoch Times survey of 1,378 readers shows that most Americans are not satisfied with what future generations are learning in the classroom.
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