James Bacon

by Walter SmithUniversity of Virginia President Jim Ryan has stated that, as long as he holds office, the Thomas Jefferson statue in front of the Rotunda will remain in place. UVa\’s founder, he says, will not be de-memorialized.Talk is cheap. When given a golden opportunity to publicize Jefferson\’s contribution to religious freedom — the 2019 […]

by Walter SmithUniversity of Virginia President Jim Ryan has stated that, as long as he holds office, the Thomas Jefferson statue in front of the Rotunda will remain in place. UVa\’s founder, he says, will not be de-memorialized.Talk is cheap. When given a golden opportunity to publicize Jefferson\’s contribution to religious freedom — the 2019

by James A. BaconThe university alumni rebellion, which first took root in Virginia, is going national.Washington & Lee University was the first higher-ed institution in the country, to my knowledge, where alumni organized to fight the leftward drift of their alma mater. The W&L group, known as the Generals Redoubt, was followed quickly by The

This press release was issued today by the Alumni Free Speech Alliance, of which The Jefferson Council is a founding member. I serve as vice president-communications of the Council. — JABMillions of college and university alumni around the country are dismayed by the intolerance of unpopular viewpoints at their alma maters, and many have begun

by James A. BaconA few days ago I reported an alleged act of vandalism against 2,977 tiny American flags, planted in the ground as part of a 9/11 commemoration at the University of Virginia. The evening after the service, which was sponsored by the conservative Young Americans for Freedom and attended by President Jim Ryan,

by James A. BaconI\’m beginning to have a smidgeon of sympathy for University of Virginia President Jim Ryan.On the 20th anniversary of 9/11, Ryan attended an event sponsored by the Virginia branch of the Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) to commemorate the lives lost in the terrorist attacks. YAF is an avowedly conservative group, and

On the morning of Sept. 11, the Young America\’s Foundation at the University of Virginia held a service to remember the 2,977 Americans who died in the wave of terrorist attacks 20 years previously. The conservative group planted 2,977 tiny flags in rows in the university Amphitheater. Dan Moy, a retired Air Force colonel, gave

Here follows the transcript of an entirely fictional videoconference between University of Virginia President Jim Ryan and his Executive Cabinet. The author is not intending to be satirical. He is illuminating the issues that any honest effort to implement a Diversity, Equity & Inclusion agenda will encounter. — JAB by Jon JewettPresident Ryan: I have called this meeting

Charlottesville attorney Charles L. Weber Jr., represented University of Virginia student Morgan Bettinger in legal proceedings involving the University Judiciary Committee, which condemned her for words that allegedly constituted a \”risk\” to other students. This incident is a case study in how leftist, \”anti-racist\” students at UVa wield processes and procedures, with the complicity of